Thomas Ruff: Jpegs

by Bennett Simpson

How much visual information is needed for image recognition? A pretty small quantity of data will go a long way for the brain and the computer, both of which take shortcuts for the sake of speedy comprehension. In the "Jpegs" series, German photographer Thomas Ruff exploits this imprecision in digital technology, locating online jpegs and enlarging them until the pixels emerge in a chessboard pattern of near abstraction. A closer look at these images...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597110930
• ISBN13: 9781597110938
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Aperture
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 4.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.5" x 15.5"