ThomasStruth

Thomas Struth was born in 1954 in Geldern, Germany. Struth continued to live and work in Germany, where his work was published. While Struth was studying at the Dusseldorf Academy to be a painter, he was inspired by one of his professors to become a photographer and followed that path. Struth mainly photographs subjects that reflect the world in various states of change and social reform. Also, his photographs serve to portray the moods and social relations of urban life.

Struth often photographs streets, elaborating that these are the center of urban life and they “radiate” this urban-ism. One reason he is partial to photographing street scenes is that no matter where he photographs, such as Naples, Tokyo, Chicago and Berlin, streets remain a constant while the architecture changes drastically, serving to display that each place is different and also the same. However, Struth also was well known for portraits of individuals and buildings as well as streets. What Thomas Struth contributed to photography is a closer scrutiny of economic and social reform, which many recent photographers have utilized in their photographic work.

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