Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist who lives and works in London and Berlin. He is considered one of the most important contemporary artists today. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished not only by an attentive and insightful observation of his surroundings but also by an on-going, systematic investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first non-English artist to be awarded the renowned Turner Prize. In 2009 he was awarded the Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie (The Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography).

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