Thomas Struth: 1977-2002

Thomas Struth: 1977-2002 by Charles Wylie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780300093605.

Photographer Thomas Struth (b. 1954), one of the most intriguing, challenging, and gifted artists to emerge from Europe in the past two decades, has created a beautiful and distinctive body of images depicting the world - its buildings, people, society, and culture - in its present moment of perpetual change. Unlike many of his contemporaries who have investigated photographys fictional potential, Struth has adhered to a straightforward yet formally refined approach that makes his viewers become aware of their world in often entirely new ways. This catalogue is the first to encompass Struths entire body of work, dating from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. His early black-and-white photographs of deserted city streets, his psychologically penetrating portraits of individuals and families, his renowned "museum pictures," and his large-format color landscapes of nature and industry from around the globe are all represented in this unsurpassed collection of images. Engaging essays by well known photography and art experts chronicle Thomas Struths career: Charles Wylie examines the development of Struths art and places him in the context of photographic history of the last century; Maria Morris Hambourg and Douglas Eklund review the artists aesthetic and intellectual influences and maturation; and Ann Goldstein investigates the role portraiture has played in Struths art. This survey attests to the unmistakable importance of his photographs and his valued place in the history of photography and contemporary art.