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For his most recent cycle of works, photographer-artist Thomas Ruff digitally manipulated glass negatives from the 1930s which he had found in the photo archive of a machine and tool factory. This elegantly bound publication presents his machine pictures for the first time in book form.nnThe art photographer Thomas Ruff-the successor to Bernd and Hilla Becher, his teachers at the Kunstakademie in D?sseldorf-was recently the subject of much discussion, thanks to his controversial Nudes: a series of computer-manipulated images of erotic, in part pornographic scenes taken from the Internet. For his most recent cycle of works, Machines, Ruff combed through the photo archive of a machine- and tool factory in 2003. From this portfolio of some three thousand glass negatives from the 1930s-originally made for use in a sales catalogue-the artist took a small selection and subjected them to digital manipulation. Using a computer, he colorized these product photographs in the iron-oxide colors of old industrial plants and enlarged them. In the approximately sixty photographs produced thus far, Thomas Ruff combines analogue and digital photography to delve into the question of the authenticity of a photographic reproduction and the constellations formed by reality, perception, and representation.
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Machines / Maschinen
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Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany, 2004
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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 104 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Text in English and German. Features essays by Caroline Flosdorff, Velt Gorner and Michael Stoeber. Includes 61 color plates. A clean very near fine copy in boards with plate affixed to the front cover and with a miniscule spot to the bottom edge of the pages. No dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 210729
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Thomas Ruff: Machines/ Maschinen
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 104pp. Over sized gray cloth hardback with a black and white photo on the front cover, VG, no DJ, text is in both English and German, photos of machines, tools and hardware, Seller Inventory # w170122613
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Thomas Ruff: Maschinen / Machines (German/English)
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Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 104 Seiten/pp., 61 Abb.(ills., clouthbound - Photographer Thomas Ruff-the successor to Bernd and Hilla Becher, his teachers at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf-was recently the subject of much discussion, thanks to his controversial Nudes: a series of computer-manipulated images of erotic, in part pornographic scenes taken from the Internet. For his most recent cycle of works, Machines, Ruff combed through the photo archive of a machine- and tool factory in 2003. From this portfolio of some three thousand glass negatives from the 1930s-originally made for use in a sales catalogue-the artist took a small selection and subjected them to digital manipulation. Using a computer, he colorized these product photographs in the iron-oxide colors of old industrial plants and enlarged them. In the approximately sixty photographs produced thus far, Thomas Ruff combines analogue and digital photography to delve into the question of the authenticity of a photographic reproduction and the constellations formed by reality, perception, and representation. Seller Inventory # ABE-1582546252661
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Thomas Ruff - machines, Maschinen
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Condition: Gut. überw. Ill. (illustrator). Text dt. und engl., Versandhinweis: Aufgrund aktueller EPR-Verpackungsregelungen ist der Versand in einzelne EU-Länder derzeit nicht möglich. Details siehe Händlerprofil. Gewebe, 103 S., Vorderdeckel minimal lichtrandig und leicht klaffend, sonst sehr gut erhalten. 29 cm. Seller Inventory # KK 68809
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103 S. Leinen. 4°. Zweisprachig: deutsch, englisch. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel und Anstreichungen. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Tafeln. Originaleingeschweißt. Neuwertig Sprache: deu. Seller Inventory # FOT57746
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Thomas Ruff: Machines/Maschinen
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Hatje Cantz Pub/MOMA, Germany, 2004
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy, gray cloth binding with a pasted plate on the cover, no DJ. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping. Seller Inventory # 061240