Archive, Matrix, Assembly - by Nana Last (Paperback)

Archive, Matrix, Assembly: The Photographs of Thomas Struth 1978-2018 is a comprehensive and systematic theory of contemporary German artist Thomas Struth's photographic work from the late 1970s to 2018.

This book provides an extensive analysis of the photographs at all stages, including the less discussed, more recent work, placing it on par with his earlier renowned work.

The three stages of production are: archive, matrix, and assembly, forming a developmental system that characterizes each individual photograph, its relation to subject matter, and how they form larger significant collections of images.

This book accomplishes three main goals: developing a comprehensive critical reading of the work, serving as a monograph of the artist, and providing an extensive analysis of the photographs at all stages.