Thomas Struth (b. 1954)

'Taking a photograph is a curious act of selecting from the outside world. If you can believe in its depictorial quality, a photograph can be a valuable means of a thesis, antithesis, and communication. It has a clear language, one that speaks openly not only about its subjects, such as people, architecture and landscape - which, in a way, can be dislocated and brought together visually through a series of photographs - but also very much about the attitude of the photographer toward these things. In this regard, a photograph is always objective'. (T. Struth, quoted in 'Artist's Statement', Thomas Struth 1997-2002, exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas 2002, p. 166).