Wolfgang Tillmans

Visual Artist

1968 –

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Who is Wolfgang Tillmans?

Wolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations.

In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer - and also the first non-English person - to be awarded the Tate annual Turner Prize. In 2009, he was awarded the Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie. Tillmans lives in Berlin and London.

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Born
Aug 16, 1968
Remscheid
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Lived in
  • Remscheid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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