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Thomas Ruff

born 1958

Portrait 1986 (Stoya) 1986
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Biography

Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images".

Ruff shares a studio on Düsseldorf's Hansaallee, with fellow German photographers Laurenz Berges, Andreas Gursky and Axel Hütte. The studio, a former municipal electricity station, includes a basement gallery.

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Dusseldorf School of Photography

Artworks

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    Thomas Ruff Night 15 III

    1994
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    Thomas Ruff Tate01

    2000
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  • Thomas Ruff Goetz Collection

    1994
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    Thomas Ruff Portrait 1988 (C. Pilar)

    1988
  • Thomas Ruff Portrait 1986 (Stoya)

    1986

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