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The fact that Ruff purposely used simple passport style images with bland expressions, allows the viewer to enjoy the subject's natural beauty.

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unsaturated

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"If you look at photographers who say, 'I hate digital photography,' they all use Photoshop, even if it's to make the sky just a little more blue than it was."

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Ruff doesn't reveal a lot about his subjects, keeping them anonymous by only photographing their shoulders to their heads.

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All images are represented as ID photos and have connotations of Traveling

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Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images". Ruff shares a studio on Düsseldorf's Hansaallee, with fellow German photographers Laurenz Berges, Andreas Gursky and Axel Hütte. The studio, a former municipal electricity station, includes a basement gallery.

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Uses very bland and dull ccolours for the background as the colour comes from the faces, hair and clothing

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Ruff chose light and neutral background for the portraits between 1986 and 1991.

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Uses the same positioning of the head and shoulders for every image.

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if things are the way they are why should i try to make them look different.

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Each of the women wear similar old fashioned clothing, and it seems the photos were taken on film.

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He uees the same light coloured and white backround in eachimage.

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Ruff has used negative space within the background to enable balance within the composition.

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You cannot explain the whole world in on photograph photography pretends you can see everything thats in front of the camera but theres always something beside it.

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They look like ID/passport photos.

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He uses the same layout and positioning in every Picture.

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"You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that’s in front of the camera, but there’s always something beside it."

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In ruff's artwork there are 8 sophisticated women with hairstyles and fashion relating to late 1980s.

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the dim lighting creates a sad and isolated mood

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Very sophisticated women.

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Ruff uses light and neutral backgrounds to ensure the colors in the photos aren't too dominant.

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They were pictured in Germany.

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beautiful spectacular gorgeous images.

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they were Ruffs fellow students.

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lovely abstract images.

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All of the women look of a similar age frame, this is evident by the fact they were people he was working with at his university.

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Thomas Ruff creates images that are in the style of passport photos. This creates a sense of formality.

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The mood feels very serious as the images are slightly unsaturated. The images are very simple and uncluttered.

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There is an element of seriousness to the compositions due to the female models' facial expressions

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The lack of emotion/no emotion gives the photos a sense of simplicity along with the negative space in the background which creates a focus on the subject.

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The mood is very formal and up for interpretation. This is due to the colors used as they are desaturated. The colors are also quite warm making each portrait consistent so they are able to be displayed together.

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The dull background makes the women's clothing and colour on their face look more dominant and eye-catching.

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"My images are not images of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image"

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found the effect of colors too dominant so used light and neutral backgrounds.

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This artist is very eye catching as all the women are doing the same serious face. It is almost like these were took a few years ago due to the their clothing and also hairstyles as it is different to how it is nowadays.

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“Some pieces fit together; sometimes there is no connection between them. A lot of my work comes from — you can call it private interest. I see something that upsets me, or makes me laugh or makes me think, what is this strange thing? Then, when I start working on it, I think, oh this is not only interesting for me, but it could also be interesting for another audience.” - interview with Liz Jobey, FT magazine.

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Very serious, close up images of women around 20-30 years of age. All contain above the shoulder to head.

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they all appear to be very formal and intimidating.

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the realism of these portraits could be seen to be the source of both their absorption for the viewer and of their potentially alienating blankness.

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The subject matter of these compositions are middle aged, female models. Ruff has used a short depth of field to capture these pictures of them. By using a short depth of field it has allowed Thomas Ruff to achieve photographs that are clear and in focus.

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There are eight, middle aged women from Germany.

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They are all very serious.

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Ruff’s portraits can frustrate viewers due to their combination of clear, detailed presentation and the erasure of the sitter’s identity.

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