Week Four: Initial Research - Thomas Struth

 For my photo project, I will be creating my own images. I will be looking into Thomas Struth, who is best known for family portraits and black and white photographs of the streets. Instead of studying anything related to photography, he enrolled painting in the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf in 1973. Below was a photo that was taken by Thomas Struth in Tokyo, 1986. The photo was taken with film camera with a black and white film(B&W), as there were burning marks on the left side of the frame. It might been taken in a very early morning, as the background was bright enough, and the shops were closed from business. The location of the photo taken might be in the city centre of Tokyo, as the train system including the train and the station in the background were elevated, which is not common in the suburbs, as well as the advertisement over the apartment buildings. The photo showed the quietness as well as the differences between commercial (the hotel in the background) and the residential area (foreground buildings) in Tokyo.

Thomas Struth, Gotanda (Salem Light), Tokyo, 1986.


Reference List:

Marian Goodman. (n.d.). Thomas Struth. [online] Available at: https://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/64-thomas-struth/ [Accessed 26 Oct. 2023].

Society, T.R. (n.d.). Thomas Struth: Photographs | Exhibitions | The Renaissance Society. [online] www.renaissancesociety.org. Available at: https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/362/thomas-struth-photographs/ [Accessed 26 Oct. 2023].

Tate (2019). Thomas Struth born 1954 | Tate. [online] Tate. Available at: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-struth-2339 [Accessed 28 Oct. 2023].

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  1. Zoe Van-de-Velde5 November 2023 at 11:38

    Good start you needed to use the research within your commentary and explain how this relates to your own work

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