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Houses
1987 to 1991
Influenced by the architectural photography of the
Bauhaus Ruff began his Houses series. He photographed unspectacular
buildings in and around Dusseldorf - choosing those constructed
between the 1950s and the 1970s. He took these images early in the
year, when skies were often cloudy and grey, and he worked early
in the morning when buildings showed little signs of human presence.
Even so, he altered some of the images by removing a tree, a traffic
sign and closing an attic window. By doing so the focus is on the
utilitarian architecture, forcing the viewer to consider the building
itself very closely.
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