Michael Wolf Figurative Photography
b. 1954
Michael Wolf was born in 1954 in Munich, Germany. He worked and lived in Paris and Hong Kong. The focus of Michael Wolf’s work is life in mega-cities. His projects document both the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. Born in Munich, Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe, and the United States, studying at UC Berkeley and Folkwang School with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994, where he worked for eight years as a contract photographer for Stern magazine. Since 2003, Wolf had been focusing on his projects, publishing over thirty books of his work. His work is held in many permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the San José Museum of Art in California, etc. He died in Hong Kong in 2019.
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Artist: Michael Wolf
Transparent City #01 – Michael Wolf, Photography, Architecture, City, Skyscraper
By Michael Wolf
Located in Zurich, CH
MICHAEL WOLF (*1954, Germany)
Transparent City #01
2007
C-print
Sheet 121,9 x 152,4 cm (48 x 60 in.)
Frame 127 x 158 cm (50 x 62 1/4 in.)
Edition of 9,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Wolf Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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