Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand (Germany, 1964) is a conceptual artist known for his meticulously crafted, life-sized paper and cardboard models, which he photographs to create hyper-realistic images. His works often reconstruct significant or mundane scenes, exploring memory, truth, and artifice. Demand’s art has been exhibited globally, including at the Venice Biennale.

What is the Dusseldorf school of photography?
The Düsseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf during the 1970s. This group was known for its devotion to the black-and-white industrial images characteristic of the German tradition known as New Objectivity. The photographers focused on precise, methodical documentation of industrial structures, often using a detached and objective approach.