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Overview
This film takes us into the studio of one of the best-known photographers in Germany, Thomas Ruff. Filmed over a period of two years, Ralph Goertz’s documentary shows a range of the artist’s multi-faceted body of work, including his new ma.r.s. series, involving manipulated images of the planet Mars taken by a satellite camera. Ruff studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, which influenced his interest in serial photography. His work has ranged from small-scale documentary-style photographs of domestic interiors, to large-scale passport-like portraits with monochrome backgrounds, to architectural photographs.
Other films by Ralph Goertz
Mit dem Geist des Konkreten – Eugen Gomringer und Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
2022
Carmen Herrera. Lines of Sight
2017
Thomas Struth - New German Photography
2014
Stephen Shore
2010
