Tag: Thomas Ruff
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Tom Wood – interview: ‘I started doing portraits of these kids hanging around on drugs, or whatever, and some of their parents. It was really tough’
For 50 years, Wood has been out on the streets taking intimate, informal, often quirky, photographs of people. As his first major retrospective takes place at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, he talks about his career and how he…
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Michael Schmidt Retrospective: Photographs 1965-2014
A hometown survey of the Berlin photographer captures a city on the cusp of change, anxious and expectant
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Andreas Gursky
This first major UK retrospective of German photographer Andreas Gursky, at the newly renovated Hayward Gallery, is a must-see visual feast of epic proportions
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Thomas Ruff: Nature Morte
The German photographer known for his forward thinking and experimentation has gone back in time for his latest show, examining the negative, considering it for itself rather than seeing it as a means to an end
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Facing History: Contemporary Portraiture
This show looks at how contemporary artists are influenced by the past as they seek to represent their present, and questions the nature of what a portrait depicts
