#Thomas Struth

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Thomas Struth. Prosper III colliery, Bottrop, 1985.

https://thomas-struth.com/

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Thomas Struth, Gotanda (Salem Lights), Tokyo, Japan, 1987

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Thomas Struth - Louvre, Paris, 1989

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Thomas Struth: Kyoko and Tomoharu Murakami, Tokyo, 1991 The Richter Family 2, Köln, 2002

How long does it take you to make a portrait? Between three and five hours. There is a very small number of rules: it’s a staged traditional portrait photographed with a large format camera, using only natural light; it should be all the family members (and occasionally some friends, but I’m always interested in the energetic moment of the family group); and I ask people to look into the camera. I usually make a choice for the location, and then people can position themselves on the stage that I’ve selected – which most of the time is where they live. I ask people to sit however they want to sit, or stand. Its part of the system that inevitably people sit or position themselves according to the dynamic of the moment and whoever they want to be close to…it represents the dynamic of the moment in the group. Within that setting there are different freedoms – they can wear what they want, position themselves next to who they want – they can smile or not smile. They can also object to publication and say we don’t like it – don’t use it. If they approve the family get one first edition print signed and framed as a gift. - Interview with Guy Lane 2008

This interview brings up two questions: How many people have objected? One print per family? Some of these portraits have six adults.

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Thomas Struth Gehirn (Encephalon), Leibniz IZW, Berlin, 2016 Marian Goodman Gallery

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Reise nach New York

Die Frau meines Kollegen wurde blass, als ich ihr erzählte, ich wolle den Zug nehmen, um von Boston nach New-York zu gelangen. »High Crime«, sagte sie. Eine gefährliche Stadt, und die Reise mit dem Zug sei anstrengend. Zum Glück habe ich das nicht ernst genommen. Es hat sich gelohnt, nach mehreren Stunden Fahrt kam ich mitten in Manhattan an, in der unterirdischen Central Station. Das hat mich umgehauen und mir bestätigt, dass die Faszination von dem unbewussten Teil der Kollektivität kommt, den wir alle in uns haben. New York gehört im hohen Grade dazu, unabhängig davon, ob man jemals dort gewesen ist oder nicht.

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Washington Street, Tribeca, New York, Photo by Thomas Struth, 1978

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Thomas Struth Shinju-ku (Skyscrapers), Tokyo 1986 (1986) Tate

© Thomas Struth

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Swinemünder Brücke, Berlin, Thomas Struth, 1992

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Thomas Struth

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base images: mash of anastasia samoylova & thomas struth

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Thomas Struth. Campo dei Fiori, Rome, 1984.

https://thomas-struth.com/

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Thomas Struth

« Nature & Politics »

Marian Goodman, Paris

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THOMAS STRUTH

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Thomas Struth, Rue de Beaugrenelle, Paris, 1979 x