Who is Thomas Ruff?

Thomas Ruff is a German photographer. He is eminent for having his own studios at Düsseldorf’s Hansaallee along with some of his partners Laurenz Berges, Andreas Gursky, and Axel Hütte who are also German Photographers.

Who are the parents of Thomas Ruff?

Thomas was born on February 10, 1958, Zell is in Harmersbach, Germany. His nationality is German and his ethnicity is European.

Thomas Ruff was born to Luise Ruff(mother) and Stefan Ruff(father). He got his first camera and started experimenting to make himself good as other photographers.

He was also inspired by the lectures of Benjamin HD Buchloh and he developed his own method of conceptual serial photography.

Education

Talking about the educational background of Thomas Ruff, he studied photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Bernd and Hilla Beche from where he graduated in 1985. He was also a scholar at Villa Massimo.