Thomas Ruff Substrat 35 III, 2007 Chromogenic Print Edition 2 of 5 130 x 202 cm - frames Thomas Ruff, even called a photographer, oftenly does not use his own camera do create some series of his manifold work. For making the Substrats, he took motifs from Japanese Anime and Manga comics and manipulated them until attaining a vibrant and swirled abstract colour field. As he formerly said that photographs are nothing more than surfaces, he researches of what is lying beneath and beyond of it. The expression „substratum“ points out to this, it describes the essence or the origin of photography.
