Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
He has been described as “a master of edited and reimagined images”.Ruff shares a studio on Düsseldorf's Hansaallee, with other German photographers Laurenz Berges, Andreas Gursky and Axel Hütte.
The studio, a former municipal electricity station, includes a basement gallery.