Ruth Marcus

Ruth Marcus (2013)

Ruth Marcus (born July 26, 1958 in Hanau ) is a German photographer and author . She became known for her animal portraits.

Live and act

Ruth Marcus is a photographer and author of the books PferdeAugenBlicke ; Men and their animals ; Cats ; Puppy and dog moments . In addition to the illustrated books mentioned, her photographs of the sculptures by the animal sculptor August Gaul were particularly noted.

After studying medicine in Frankfurt am Main and receiving her doctorate in 1984, Ruth Marcus worked as a doctor and freelance medical journalist. Since 2005 she has been doing freelance photo projects. She lives and works near Frankfurt am Main.

“ Ruth Marcus has the famous second look that turns photographers into artists. “ Manfred Bissinger

Awards

• German Photo Book Prize 2014: Nominated with Horse Moments , Knesebeck Verlag
• German Photo Book Prize 2014: Nominated with Men and their Animals , Knesebeck Verlag
• VK-Gregor 2014 in silver for the calendar Horses , teNeues
• VK-Gregor 2013 in silver for the calendar CATS , teNeues
• German Photo Book Prize 2007: Nominated with Hundeaugenblicke , CRH

Publications

Illustrated books

• 2014: Horse Moments . Knesebeck, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86873-657-1 .
• 2013: Men and their animals . Knesebeck , Munich, ISBN 978-3-86873-578-9 .
• 2011: The big book of small dogs , BBDO Düsseldorf
• 2010: Katzen , Edition Braus
• 2009: Puppies , Edition Braus
• 2007: Dog Moments , (Collection Rolf Heyne )

calendar

(all published by teNeues )

2014

• Cats
• Dogs
• Horses

2013

• Cats
• Dogs
• Horses

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2018: Ruth Marcus. Men and their animals , State Museum , Koblenz
• 2015: Horses-horse moments, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg
• 2011/2012: August Gaul, sculptures - as seen by Ruth Marcus , Museum Hanau
• 2010: Cats , Museum Schloss Philippsruhe Hanau
• 2008: Nighthawks , Porsche Center Fulda
• 2008: Dog Moments , Museum Trier Thermen am Viehmarkt
• 2007: Dog Moments , Koblenz State Museum
• 2007: Dog Moments , August Gaul Museum Hanau
• 2007–2012: Avax permanent exhibition, Athens
• 2006: Doguments of Art and History , Landesmuseum Koblenz

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 2016: Expressions Gallery, Berkeley (USA)
• 2012: Bestregarts Gallery, Frankfurt
• 2010: Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco
• 2008 and 2010: Photokina , Cologne
• 2010: Gallery start, Hanau
• 2007–2012: art @ meiser, Hanau
• 2008: Expressions Gallery, Berkeley (USA)
• 2008: Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg
• 2006: photo picture, Berlin
• 2005: Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg

Web links

• Literature by and about Ruth Marcus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ruth Marcus website
• Video: Animal photography with Ruth Marcus , FotoTV
• Video: Tips and Tricks in Wildlife Photography

literature

• [1] , Deutschlandradio Kultur, February 11, 2015
• Here he is man , world, September 7, 2013
• Fuhrs Hund , Welt, October 27, 2013
• Peter Schuffelen: Who howls with the dogs: Ruth Marcus - the tricks of the eccentric animal portraitist. In: Photography. Vol. 32 (2008), 5. Untitled Verlag and Agency, Hamburg, ISSN  1437-4951 . Pp. 78-83.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} exhibition cats - photographs by Ruth Marcus