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Thomas Struth Fotografien 1977 - 2002

by Thomas Struth

Photographs: Thomas Struth

Text: Charles Wylie, Maria Morris Hambourg, Douglas Eklund, Ann Goldstein

Publisher: Schrimer/Mosel

189 pages

Year: 2002

ISBN: 3-8296-0045-3

Price: 98 €

Coming to prominence in his native Germany in the 1970s, photographer Thomas Struth captured the atmospheric power of the contemporary urban landscape in his early black-and-white works. With an intent gaze and exacting lens, Struth expanded his range to include colour portraits, bringing a unique psychological precision to the tradition of portraiture. Perhaps Struth's best-known works are his majestic large-scaled museum photographs depicting visitors to some of the world's great museums and buildings, including the Art Institute of Chigaco, the Musee du Louvre in Paris, the Accademia in Venice, and the Pantheon in Rome. these captivating photographs not only transport us to the place depicted, they also provide a chance to re-examine our own selves looking at art. Continuing his interest in series, Struth has created expansive works based in the natural world, often training his camera on a particular contemporary melding of nature with technology and architecture. This volume presents an exploration of the photographs of Thomas Struth and accompanies a major retrospective exhibtion organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. It features essays by well-known photography and art experts who chronicle Struth's career and situate his work in the context of the history of photography and its rise in contemporary art.

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