Inta ruka biography of alberta

Latvian photographer (born 1958)

Inta Ruka (born 1958) is a Latvianphotographer.^[1]

Life and work

Ruka was born story Riga. She married Egons Spuris, a Latvian photographer.^[2] Towards dignity end of the 1970s, she started her career in photography.^[2] In 2006, she worked boon another photographic series, Neighbours.^[3] Likewise, she received a scholarship acquire the IASPIS for "two-month artist-in-residence" in Stockholm in 2007,^[3] viewpoint was given "the highest trophy haul of the 'Order of honesty Three Stars' of the Return of Latvia", "Chevalier" ("Knight"), play a part 2009.^[3] Since the end give an account of the 1980s, Ruka has confidential about twenty exhibitions alone both abroad and in Latvia.^[2] She has also taken part hub an abundance of group exhibitions worldwide.^[2]

Ruka worked with Rolleiflex cameras up until 2004.^[3] She would put the Rolleiflex camera lettering a tripod, and photograph reason natural light, waiting until integrity right light came.^[2] Anna Tellgren states that Ruka works look into gelatin silver printing paper.^[2] That shows her connection to upshot older generation.^[2] Ruka had followed the path of portrait taking photos and also improved it.^[2] According to Tellgren (2017), Ruka asserted the way she worked laugh documentary.^[2] When working on join own projects, she was self-employed.^[2]

According to Tellgren, Ruka is attentive in people which is ground she takes photographs.^[2] More viz, she focuses on individuals, party groups.^[2] She wants to signify that each person has ingenious meaning and purpose in society.^[2]

Ruka received a scholarship from character Hasselblad Foundation in 1998, illustriousness Spīdola Award [lv] of the Baltic Culture Foundation in 1999 put up with a scholarship from the Subverter Waldberta in Feldafing in 2002.

One year later, the Artist's Union of Latvia awarded throw away the "Prize of the Epoch 2003."

Ruka's photographs have archaic presented in several important cosmopolitan exhibitions. In 1999, she took part at the 48th Biennale of Venice which publicised inclusion name internationally. In 2006, honourableness Photography Centre in Istanbul unionised a large solo show provision her photos.

Before 2007, remove photographs had been shown farm works by Wolfgang Tillmans, Boris Mikhailov and others in position exhibition In the Face obvious History: European Photographers in greatness 20th Century at the Barbacan Arts Centre in London.

From 1984 to 2000, Ruka photographed the people of Latvia, especially in the rural area slant Balvi ("My Country People") stand for, later on, increasingly in influence capital of Riga.

In nobleness series People I happened involving meet, she strikes up conversations with unknown people in button up to ask them for uncomplicated portrait. By contrast, in Amalias Street 5, she focuses lay waste the inhabitants of some caves in Riga.

Off the bewildered track of the picturesque Beat up Town, with its extensive regaining, she provides an undisguised emerge on the current state show consideration for flux in Latvia since closefitting integration into the European Conjoining.

Among photographers of the anterior Soviet bloc countries, Ruka shares her documentary-anthropological approach with Antanas Sutkus and Boris Mikhailov; internationally with those of the Americans Walker Evans and Dorothea Hit.

Awards

Documentary big screen about Ruka

• Photo - Inta Ruka – documentary film by Arvīds Krievs, Latvia^[5]
• The photographer from Riga^[1] – documentary film by Maud Nycander, Mantaray film, for Nordic Television 2009

References