{"product_id":"thomas-ruff-9783791359809","title":"Thomas Ruff","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamine the photographic series of celebrated contemporary photographer Thomas Ruff.  Thomas Ruff is one of the most important contemporary German photographers living today. Studying under Bernd and Hilla Becher  Ruff experimented with large-format printing. This comprehensive book focuses on his photographic series from the past twenty years. These series are based on found photographs from a variety of sources. The source materials range from early nineteenth century photography to machinemade photographs of distant planets  from post-war press photos to propaganda images from the Peoples Republic of China  and from Internet pornography to computer generated photograms. In each series  Ruff explores the historical and technical conditions of photography by examining these highly varied pictorial worlds. At the same time  he takes into consideration the afterlife of the images in archives  databases  and on the Internet  thus formulating highly complex perspectives on the photographic medium and the world that has already been photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67955663437877,"sku":"ByrdShop_3791359800","price":58.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thomas-ruff-9783791359809","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}