Thomas Ruff

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Full Name	Thomas Ruff
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1958(1958-02-10)
Age	66
Birthplace	Zell (Mosel)
Country	Germany
Birth City	Rhineland-Palatinate
Horoscope	Aquarius

Thomas Ruff Biography

Thomas Ruff is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on February 10, 1958 in Zell (Mosel), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. A German photographer worldwide renowned for his contributions to the Dusseldorf movement.

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Thomas Ruff, one of six children, was born in 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach in the Black Forest, Germany. In the summer of 1974, Ruff acquired his first camera and after attending an evening class in the basic techniques of photography he started to experiment, taking shots similar to those he had seen in many amateur photography magazines.

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”.

Five siblings are his.

Thomas Ruff Net Worth

Thomas Ruff is one of the richest Photographer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Ruff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He purchased his first camera in 1974 and began to play around with it. He continued his education with Dusseldorf Art Academy. Dusseldorf Art Academy.

He refined his technique that incorporated conceptual photography during his early years.

During his studies in Düsseldorf and inspired by the lectures of Benjamin HD Buchloh, Ruff developed his method of conceptual serial photography. Ruff began photographing landscapes, but while he was still a student he transitioned to the interiors of German living quarters, with typical features of the 1950s to 1970s. This was followed by similar views of buildings and portraits of friends and acquaintances from the Düsseldorf art and music scene, initially in small formats.

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The series Häuser was created between 1987 and 1991. Ruff’s building portraits are likewise serial, and have been edited digitally to remove obstructing details – a typifying method, which gives the images an exemplary character. Of these Ruff notes, “This type of building represents more or less the ideology and economy in the West German republic in the past thirty years.” Architects Herzog & de Meuron soon became aware of this form of architecture photography and invited Ruff to participate in their entry for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 1991 with a photograph of their building for Ricola.

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Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Thomas Ruff celebrates birthday on February 10 of every year.

In 1999 Ruff made a series of digitally altered photographs of modernist architecture by Mies van der Rohe. The series l.m.v.d.r. – the initials of the architect – began as a commission offered to Ruff in 1999–2000 in connection with the renovation of Haus Lange and Haus Esters in Krefeld, Germany. Having worked with architectural subject matter since the mid-1980s, Ruff was enlisted to photograph the Krefeld buildings as well as the Barcelona Pavilion and the Villa Tugendhat in Brno.

Top Facts about Thomas Ruff

1. Thomas Ruff is a German photographer born in 1958.
2. He studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Bernd and Hilla Becher.
3. Ruff is known for his large-scale, abstract photographs of everyday subjects.
4. His work has been exhibited internationally since the 1980s.
5. Ruff’s series “Portraits” features passport-style images of people from various backgrounds.
6. He was awarded the Infinity Award for Art by the International Center of Photography in 2007.
7. Ruff’s works have sold for millions at auction, including a record-breaking $5 million sale in 2012.
8. He often uses digital manipulation to alter his photographs’ colors and compositions.
9. Ruff’s works are held in major museum collections worldwide, including MoMA and Tate Modern.
10. The artist continues to live and work in Düsseldorf, Germany today.