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Thomas Struth: photos so complex ‘you could look at them forever’
July 5, 2011
Posted by on The celebrated German art photographer talks about his London retrospective, and an ‘odd experience’ with the Queen
For 15 years, Thomas Struth has been practising the gentle martial art of tai chi chuan. In that time, his photography has moved tentatively inwards to address what he calls “some questions of the self”. Only recently, though, did he make a connection between his personal and his artistic journey……this article by Sean O’Hagan The Observer, Sunday 3 July 2011.….more
Audience 1, Florence 2004, by Thomas Struth.
New photographic portrait of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh
June 23, 2011
Posted by on A new portrait photograph of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, the first to be commissioned of the two together, has been released by the National Portrait Gallery in London, as part of an exhibition to mark next year’s Diamond Jubilee called The Queen: Art and Image.the exhibition information is
17 May – 21 October 2012
Porter Gallery
Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding, hand-coloured by Beatrice Johnson
1952
NPG x125105
Touring
- National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh
25 June–18 September 2011 - National Museums Northern Ireland
14 October 2011–15 January 2012 - National Museum Cardiff
4 February – 29 April 2012
The new portrait by Thomas Struth can be seen on the BBC website and there is a recording of Struth talking about the image
Thomas Struth (born 1954) is a German photographer whose wide-ranging work includes depictions of detailed cityscapes, Asian jungles and family portraits. He is one of Germany’s most widely exhibited and collected fine art photographers. Struth currently lives and works in Berlin…more about Struth
If you want to see more of Struth’s work here is a link to his website