Digital image systems : photography and new technologies at the Düsseldorf school How have digital technologies affected the truth claim of photography What has been the artistic response to the technological and societal transformations the digital revolution has brought aboutClaus Gunti explores the widespread implications of the digital in the work of renowned photographers of the Düsseldorf School Thomas Ruff Andreas Gursky and Jörg Sasse stretching from ties to conceptual art to the development of a globalized visual culture. The study provides a model for understanding the digital revolution in photography and shows that it ought to be understood beyond a strictly technological perspective Frontmatter Contents Introduction A FRAMING THE DÜSSELDORF SCHOOL B WHAT IS DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Introduction A EMERGENCE OF A GERMAN DOCUMENTARY TRADITION B THE END OF PHOTOGRAPHY C DISCOURSE ON DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN GERMANY Introduction A PRE DIGITAL MECHANISMS IN CONTEXT: 1960S 1970S B SERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND COMBINATORIAL FUNCTIONS: A TRANS HISTORICAL PATTERN Introduction A DIGITAL RETOUCHING TOOLS B DIGITAL STITCHING C EARLY DIGITAL COMPOSITIONS D THOMAS RUFFS ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PORTRAIT Introduction A COMPLEX COMPOSITES: ANDREAS GURSKYS GENERIC WORLD B IMAGE RECYCLING AND APPROPRIATIVE POSITIONS C THOMAS RUFFS GENERATED PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION D GENERIC PICTURE REALITIES 5 Conclusion A BIBLIOGRAPHY B INDEX C ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS