Thomas Ruff: When I started at the Kunstakademie in 1977, I was an amateur. I took photographs like the ones you find in amateur magazines. I wanted to travel around the world taking beautiful photographs of beautiful landscapes and people. I thought that the most beautiful pictures were made at art academies, so I applied there. At that time Düsseldorf was the only art academy in Germany with a photography class. I applied with my twenty most beautiful slides, and strangely enough Bernd (Becher) took me.
I was completely shocked when I saw Bernd and Hilla’s photographs the first time—I thought they were boring industrial photographs, the complete opposite of my visual world. I was so shocked that I couldn’t work. The friends I made at the art academy were painters and sculptors. I started to look at art and realized my idea of images was the kitsch thing; the true thing was the Bechers. Bernd said to me, “Thomas, these are not your own images. They are imitations of things you have seen. They don’t come from your soul. But I accepted you because you use color in such a beautiful way.” I really believed the documentary photograph could capture reality. My heroes were Bernd and Hilla Becher, Walker Evans, the FSA photographers, Steven Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, just to name a few.
Viktor Hazilov 17/05/2008 14:46
wunderschönwaldundwiesenfotos 17/05/2008 14:25
ist das der Geroldsee ?Klasse Foto.
Gruß
Ulrike Schön 17/05/2008 14:22
Thomas Ruff: When I started at the Kunstakademie in 1977, I was an amateur. I took photographs like the ones you find in amateur magazines. I wanted to travel around the world taking beautiful photographs of beautiful landscapes and people. I thought that the most beautiful pictures were made at art academies, so I applied there. At that time Düsseldorf was the only art academy in Germany with a photography class. I applied with my twenty most beautiful slides, and strangely enough Bernd (Becher) took me.I was completely shocked when I saw Bernd and Hilla’s photographs the first time—I thought they were boring industrial photographs, the complete opposite of my visual world. I was so shocked that I couldn’t work. The friends I made at the art academy were painters and sculptors. I started to look at art and realized my idea of images was the kitsch thing; the true thing was the Bechers. Bernd said to me, “Thomas, these are not your own images. They are imitations of things you have seen. They don’t come from your soul. But I accepted you because you use color in such a beautiful way.” I really believed the documentary photograph could capture reality. My heroes were Bernd and Hilla Becher, Walker Evans, the FSA photographers, Steven Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, just to name a few.
Christian Rusch 17/05/2008 14:14
Wunderbare Frühlingsstimmung !LG Christian
Friedhelm Riedel 17/05/2008 12:46
Schön, dass es mein Vorschlag in die Galerie geschafft hat. Die angeschnittene Wolke wäre vermeidbar gewesen, ist aber kein Beinbruch.Martin R_ 17/05/2008 12:19
Die Wolke oben hätte man nicht abschneiden müssen, aber ansonsten ganz okay. Solche Wiesen such ich schon lange vergeblich...Heiko Bliesath 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
Traumhaft! +++Helma Kienleitner 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
+Patricia. F. 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
++++Der Westzipfler 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
sehr schön! +Uwe Mülller 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
Wunderbar - bis auf die oben angeschnittene Wolke.......skip
Petra Z 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
Traumhaft - pro!Peter Bemsel 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
proTim Brüning 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
procontra~st 17/05/2008 12:11 Comentario de la votación
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