Rut Blees Luxemburg
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Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967) is a German-born British photographer. Her technique is to take photographs at night, mostly exploring the urban landscape. She is a Tutor at the Royal College of Art.[http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=503121 Royal College of Art Photography Staff]. In 2020, Luxemburg was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, Bristol.{{cite web|accessdate=2021-04-13|title=Honorary Fellowship|url=https://rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowship/|website=rps.org}}
Life and work
Luxemburg studied photography at London College of Communication and gained her last formal education at the University of Westminster. She employs long exposures to allows her to use the light emanating from the street only, for instance from office blocks or street lights in her photos.[http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/publications_et_documenta/metamorphose/metamorphose_n3_juillet_2/fichiers/page5_meta3.pdf Metamorphose July 2005, p. 5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204144657/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/publications_et_documenta/metamorphose/metamorphose_n3_juillet_2/fichiers/page5_meta3.pdf |date=2008-12-04 }} Luxemburg created a series of images for the London Underground in 2007.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} Many of her photographs and prints deal with nocturnal themes. In 2016, she was one of the judges in Sky Art's Master of Photography talent competition.{{Cite web|title=Master Of Photography|url=https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/f1e397e3-9c89-4232-9664-2d5b0005f950/master-of-photography/episodes/season-1/episode-1|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Sky|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2016-09-08|title=Sky Arts Master of Photography winner unveiled and second season announced|url=https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/sky-arts-master-photography-winner-unveiled-second-season-announced-94623|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Amateur Photographer}}
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Her photograph, "Towering Inferno" was used as the cover art for The Streets' debut album Original Pirate Material. The photo depicts the beauty of a lit up council tower block.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-07|title=A Modern Project by Rut Blees Luxemburg|url=https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/blog/modern-project-rut-blees-luxemburg|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Somerset House|language=en}} She also contributed "A Modern Project" for use as the cover of Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend in the City.
Books
- The Lesson of the Vine / Die Lektion der Rebe. Everyday, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-912458-07-3}}.
- Visurbia. With Martin Liebscher. Germany: Wunderhorn, 2000. {{ISBN|3-88423-173-1}}.
- London: A Modern Project. With Michael Bracewell. London: Black Dog, 2001. {{ISBN|1-901033-50-3}}.
- Liebeslied: My Suicides. With Alexander García Düttmann. London: Zwemmer, 1982. {{ISBN|1-901033-52-X}}
- Commonsensual: The Works of Rut Blees Luxemburg. With Regis Durand, Douglas Park, and Alexander Garcia Duttman. London: Black Dog, 2009. {{ISBN|1-906155-57-7}}.
- The Academic Year. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2014. With texts by Alexander and García Düttmann.
- The Lesson of the Vine, Die Lektion der Rebe. London : Everyday, 2019. With texts by Tom McCarthy, Chloe Arijidis, Fourthland, Ellen de Wachter, et al.
Exhibitions
- 2011: The Rencontres d'Arles Discovery Award laureate. France.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|rutbleesluxemburg.com}}
- [https://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2009/mar/09/rut-blees-luxemburg-photography Rut Blees Luxemburg gallery at the Guardian, March 2009]
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Category:Alumni of the London College of Communication
Category:Alumni of the University of Westminster
Category:German women photographers
Category:German contemporary artists
Category:Academics of the Royal College of Art