About

I am a photographer based in Dortmund focussing on portrait photography, documentary photography and interior photography.

By combining a clear visual style with an interest in new perspectives, I show connections between portrait and architectural photography. The focus of my work is documentary photography. As for subject matter, I deal with social contexts and forward-looking technologies and design. Intensive research in the context of the respective topic and complementing my visual approaches with text, archive material or moving images is a central part of my work.


With my photography, I try to capture the impressions of people in a room, but also the effect of design and spatiality in interaction.

Whether in documentary or editorial projects, I always follow a coherent approach.

I am a photographer based in Dortmund focussing on portrait photography, documentary photography and interior photography.

By combining a clear visual style with an interest in new perspectives, I show connections between portrait and architectural photography. The focus of my work is documentary photography. As for subject matter, I deal with social contexts and forward-looking technologies and design. Intensive research in the context of the respective topic and complementing my visual approaches with text, archive material or moving images is a central part of my work. With my photography, I try to capture the impressions of people in a room, but also the effect of design and spatiality in interaction.

Whether in documentary or editorial projects, I always follow a coherent approach.

info@cynthia-ruf.com

+49 157 70237071

@cynthiarufphotography

info@cynthia-ruf.com

@cynthiarufphotography

0157 70237071

Exhibitions

2022

OUT OF ROLE – group exhibition, at DASA Scenography Colloquium Dortmund

2021

THE NEW NORMAL – exhibition of our collaborative project with Carmen Körner, at Gitter Raum Essen

Publications

2023

DREAMS – published at Stern Wissen Online, 23.05.2023

2022

DREAMS – published at Tagesspiegel, Das Bild zum Sonntag, Nr. 160

OUT OF ROLE – published in Nullnummer Magazine, Issue Nr. 3

OUT OF ROLE – self-bound booklet, 50 pages, thread stitching

THE NEW NORMAL – book dummy of our collaborative work with Carmen Körner, 88 pages, Leporello, Swiss binding