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Thomas Struth: Family Life Book

One continuous subject of Thomas Struth s complexphotographic oeuvre is the group portrait. Initially,he photographed people from the circle of his closefriends and acquaintances, who he asked to sit forhim at least as duos. Soon the groups grew tofeature entire families, families outside Europe, andfrom other social strata. Encounters with artists, collectors,museum staff all gave Struth an occasion tocreate group portraits that bear comparison with thegreat examples set by Velazquez through to Goya.Transposed onto a modern medium and set in ourpresent world, Struth s large-format family portraitsexhibit an undeniable representative character.The need to present oneself as an individual in theframework of a hierarchical order remains manifesteven in the ostensibly most relaxed of groupings.Read More

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  • 382960355X
  • 9783829603553
  • Gabriele Conrath-Scholl
  • 1 February 2008
  • Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 92
  • Bilingual
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