Thomas Struth

born 1954

Thomas Struth, ‘The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989’ 1989
The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989 1989
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Biography

Thomas Struth (born 1954) is a German photographer who is best known for his Museum Photographs, family portraits and 1970s black and white photographs of the streets of Düsseldorf and New York. Struth lives and works in Berlin and New York.

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Dusseldorf School of Photography

Artworks

Thomas Struth, ‘National Gallery I, London 1989’ 1989

Thomas Struth National Gallery I, London 1989

1989
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Thomas Struth, ‘The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989’ 1989

Thomas Struth The Smith Family, Fife, Scotland 1989

1989
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Thomas Struth, ‘Shinju-ku (Skyscrapers), Tokyo 1986’ 1986

Thomas Struth Shinju-ku (Skyscrapers), Tokyo 1986

1986
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Thomas Struth, ‘Galleria dell’Accademia I, Venice 1992’ 1992

Thomas Struth Galleria dell’Accademia I, Venice 1992

1992
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Thomas Struth, ‘The Shimada Family, Yamaguchi, Japan 1986’ 1986

Thomas Struth The Shimada Family, Yamaguchi, Japan 1986

1986
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Thomas Struth, ‘Schlosstrasse, Wittenberg 1991’ 1991

Thomas Struth Schlosstrasse, Wittenberg 1991

1991
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Thomas Struth, ‘Ferdinand-von-Schill-Strasse, Dessau 1991’ 1991

Thomas Struth Ferdinand-von-Schill-Strasse, Dessau 1991

1991
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Thomas Struth, ‘Hannah Erdrich-Hartmann and Jana-Maria Hartmann, Düsseldorf 1987’ 1987

Thomas Struth Hannah Erdrich-Hartmann and Jana-Maria Hartmann, Düsseldorf 1987

1987
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Thomas Struth, ‘Shinju-ku (Skyscrapers), Tokyo 1986’ 1986
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Dusseldorf School of Photography

The Dusseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid ...

Sir Stanley Spencer, ‘Turk’s Boatyard Cookham’ c.1931
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Franz West To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work 1972-2008
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Sylvia Sleigh Alloway Portrait of Lawrence Alloway 1965
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Lawrence Alloway’s Spatial Utopia: Contemporary Photography as ‘Horizontal Description’

Shelley Rice

The mobility of art was a concept central to British critic Lawrence Alloway’s understanding of the role of visual ...

William Eggleston Morton, Mississippi 1969-70 dye transfer print 53 x 66.5 cm
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