Thomas Ruff

Every photograph is a scientific statement, and like a scientist I have to prove in a photograph that my statement is correct.
Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 1958) is one of the world's most prolific fine artists using photography. His work continually challenges the processes, techniques and concepts of the medium. Ruff often creatively edits and manipulates 
a wide variety of photographic images made by others to reimagine their possibilities. 

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Thomas Ruff: working methods

Meet photographic artist Thomas Ruff at his incredible studio in Düsseldorf

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    Tripe | Ruff by Thomas Ruff

    This major photography commission sees Thomas Ruff reimagining images by Linnaeus Tripe taken in India and Burma in the 1850s

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    Tripe_01 (Amerapoora. Mohdee Kyoung), C-type print, by Thomas Ruff, 2018, Düsseldorf, Germany
    V&A South Kensington
    Not on display
  2. Tripe_17 (Trichinopoly. Street view, the rock in the distance), Thomas Ruff (b. 1958). C-type print, 2018. © Courtesy of Thomas Ruff and David Zwirner Gallery
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    Blue Eyes L.C./B.E., C-type print, by Thomas Ruff, 1991
    V&A South Kensington
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    Blue Eyes C.F./B.E., C-type print, by Thomas Ruff, 1991
    V&A South Kensington
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Blue Eyes series (left to right) Blue Eyes L.C./B.E.| Blue Eyes M.V./B.E. | Blue Eyes M.B./B.E. | Blue Eyes C.F./B.E., Thomas Ruff (b. 1958). C-type prints, 1991. Museum no. E.96 to 99-2009. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London / Courtesy of Thomas Ruff and David Zwirner Gallery