Writings on Thomas Struth

Borin in 1954, Thomas Struth is one of the most famous photographers of today. His pictures change hands for astonishingly high prices in the world's art markets, as museums an d private collectors vie with one another to buy them. His lsubtle, large-size color images of museum spaces (Museum Photographs, Audiences), his forest vistas from all over the world (Paradise), his architectural photographs, and his sensitive family portraits ahve long since prompted writers, art historians and photo critics to put pen to paper. The present volume brings together selected essays on Thomas Struth's oeuvre, written by 20 international authors. They include art historians such as Hans Belting and Norman Bryson, museum curators such as Ulrich Loock, Dieter Schwarz and Julian Heynen, and even architecture critics and sociologists such as Richard Sennett. All the essays encourage you to think and philsoophize about Thomas Struth's works. . .