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Michael Wolf

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Michael Wolf

Industrial #26, 2015

Michael Wolf

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The focus of the German photographer Michael Wolf's work is life in mega cities. Many of his projects document the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe and the United States, studying at UC Berkeley and at the Folkwang School with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994 where he worked for 8 years as contract photographer for Stern magazine. Since 2001, Wolf has been focusing on his own projects, many of which have been published as books.

Wolf's work has been exhibited in numerous locations, including the Venice Bienniale for Architecture, Aperture Gallery, New York; Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland, Museum for work in Hamburg, Germany, Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. His work is held in many permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of art in New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The San Jose Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Museum Folkwang, Essen and the German Museum for Architecture, Frankfurt.

Wolf won first prize in the world press photo award competition on two occasions (2005 & 2010) and an honorable mention (2011.) In 2010, and again in 2017 he was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet photography prize.

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Selected Work

  • Transparent City
  • Real Fake Art (Diptychs)
  • Tokyo Compression
  • My Favourite Thing
  • Architecture of Density Scout
  • Architecture of Density
Tokyo Compression, #75

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression, #75, 2009

Chromogenic Colour Print

Tokyo Compression, #84

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression, #84, 2009

Chromogenic Colour Print

Tokyo Compression 132b

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression 132b, 2010

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #156

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #156

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression # 73

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression # 73, 2009

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #99b

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #99b, 2009

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #109

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #109, 2009

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #168

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #168, 2009

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #162

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #162, 2009

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #149

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #149, 2010

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #137

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #137, 2010

Archival Pigment Print

Tokyo Compression #134

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression #134, 2010

Archival Pigment Print

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Exhibitions

50 Years

50 Years

LONDON Cork Street

5 Feb – 29 Feb 2020
Michael Wolf: Life in Cities

Michael Wolf: Life in Cities

Urania Berlin

15 Jun – 14 Aug 2019
Michael Wolf. Bottrop-Ebel 76

Michael Wolf. Bottrop-Ebel 76

Josef Albers Museum

23 Feb – 19 May 2019
Michael Wolf - Life in Cities

Michael Wolf

Life in Cities

House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen

7 Nov 2018 – 3 Mar 2019
Civilization

Civilization

LONDON Kingsland Road

7 Nov – 22 Dec 2018
Prix Pictet - Space

Prix Pictet

Space

NEW YORK

1 Nov – 13 Nov 2018
[Space] Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography - Featuring Michael Wolf

[Space] Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography

Featuring Michael Wolf

Triennial of Photography Hamburg

8 Jun – 21 Oct 2018
Michael Wolf - Life in Cities

Michael Wolf

Life in Cities

Fondazione Stelline, Milan

10 May – 22 Jul 2018
Michael Wolf - Bottrop-Ebel 76

Michael Wolf

Bottrop-Ebel 76

LONDON Kingsland Road

11 May – 30 Jun 2018
Michael Wolf - Life in Cities

Michael Wolf

Life in Cities

Foto Museum Den Haag

20 Jan – 22 Apr 2018
Michael Wolf - Life in Cities

Michael Wolf

Life in Cities

Les Rencontres d'Arles, France

3 Jul – 27 Aug 2017
Michael Wolf - Tokyo Compression

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression

LONDON Kingsland Road

26 May – 1 Jul 2017

Prix Pictet

Featuring Michael Wolf

Victoria and Albert Museum

4 May – 28 May 2017
Michael Wolf - BredaPhoto

Michael Wolf

BredaPhoto

Museum of the Image

15 Sep – 31 Dec 2016
Michael Wolf - Hong Kong, Informal solutions

Michael Wolf

Hong Kong, Informal solutions

Centre photographique - Pôle Image Haute-Normandie

11 Mar – 28 May 2016
In and/or out: Seiichi Furuya and Michael Wolf

In and/or out: Seiichi Furuya and Michael Wolf

Grisebach

13 Feb – 1 Apr 2016
Paris Photo restaged at Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road Upstairs Gallery

Paris Photo restaged at Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road Upstairs Gallery

LONDON Kingsland Road

27 Nov 2015 – 9 Jan 2016
Michael Wolf - Informal Arrangements

Michael Wolf

Informal Arrangements

LONDON Kingsland Road

27 Nov 2015 – 9 Jan 2016
Small is Beautiful - London 2015

Small is Beautiful

London 2015

LONDON Cork Street

9 Dec 2015 – 9 Jan 2016
Michael Wolf - Tokyo Compression

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression

Belfast Exposed

3 Jul – 22 Aug 2015
Decisive Moments - Featuring Mona Kuhn and Michael Wolf

Decisive Moments

Featuring Mona Kuhn and Michael Wolf

Honolulu Museum of Art

18 Dec 2013 – 8 Jun 2014
Michael Wolf - Architecture of Density

Michael Wolf

Architecture of Density

LONDON Cork Street

17 Jan – 22 Feb 2014
Spring Photography Selection 2013

Spring Photography Selection 2013

LONDON Kingsland Road

19 Apr – 11 May 2013
Photography Selection - Edward Burtynsky, Nadav Kander, Robert Polidori, Michael Wolf

Photography Selection

Edward Burtynsky, Nadav Kander, Robert Polidori, Michael Wolf

LONDON Kingsland Road

9 Mar – 14 Apr 2012
Infinite Balance

Infinite Balance

MOPA

14 Oct 2011 – 5 Feb 2012
Michael Wolf - Life in Cities & Real Fake Art

Michael Wolf

Life in Cities & Real Fake Art

LONDON Kingsland Road

25 Nov 2011 – 7 Jan 2012

News and Events

Michael Wolf Cheung Chau Sunrises book signing at Art Central Hong Kong

Michael Wolf Cheung Chau Sunrises book signing at Art Central Hong Kong

6 December 2019

Private View: Michael Wolf - Bottrop-Ebel 76

Private View: Michael Wolf - Bottrop-Ebel 76

London

10 May, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Compressed Life: Michael Wolf Talk at Photo London

Compressed Life: Michael Wolf Talk at Photo London

Somerset House

19 May, 3:30 – 4:30pm

Michael Wolf's major retrospective Life in Cities featured on Lens Culture

Michael Wolf's major retrospective Life in Cities featured on Lens Culture

10 July 2017

Michael Wolf's Tokyo Compression featured on BBC Culture

Michael Wolf's Tokyo Compression featured on BBC Culture

23 June 2017

Michael Wolf featured in AnOther Magazine

Michael Wolf featured in AnOther Magazine

20 June 2017

Michael Wolf 'Tokyo Compression' Private View

Michael Wolf 'Tokyo Compression' Private View

London

25 May, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Prix Pictet 2017 - Michael Wolf 'Tokyo Compression' on view at V&A Museum

Prix Pictet 2017 - Michael Wolf 'Tokyo Compression' on view at V&A Museum

4 May – 28 May 2017

My Best Shot: Michael Wolf featured in The Guardian

My Best Shot: Michael Wolf featured in The Guardian

17 April 2017

Michael Wolf featured in Aesthetica Magazine

Michael Wolf featured in Aesthetica Magazine

9 December 2015

Michael Wolf's Informal Arrangements exhibition featured in Elephant Magazine

Michael Wolf's Informal Arrangements exhibition featured in Elephant Magazine

5 December 2015

Michael Wolf featured in It's Nice That

Michael Wolf featured in It's Nice That

27 November 2015

In Conversation: Michael Wolf

In Conversation: Michael Wolf

London

27 November, 6:00 – 7:30pm

Michael Wolf collaborates with Fyodor Golan

Michael Wolf collaborates with Fyodor Golan

21 February 2015

The Photobook: A History Volume III

The Photobook: A History Volume III

17 March 2014

Michael Wolf featured in Wallpaper Magazine

Michael Wolf featured in Wallpaper Magazine

31 January 2014

Michael Wolf 'Real Toy Story' series on display at K11 Art Space

Michael Wolf 'Real Toy Story' series on display at K11 Art Space

24 January 2014

Michael Wolf's Architecture of Density featured in The Telegraph

Michael Wolf's Architecture of Density featured in The Telegraph

21 January 2014

Michael Wolf reviewed in Evening Standard

Michael Wolf reviewed in Evening Standard

21 January 2014

Michael Wolf featured on Huffington Post

Michael Wolf featured on Huffington Post

12 December 2013

Michael Wolf featured on Digital Photography Review

Michael Wolf featured on Digital Photography Review

26 August 2013

Michael Wolf featured on The Atlantic Cities

Michael Wolf featured on The Atlantic Cities

17 May 2013

Michael Wolf interviewed in The Wall Street Journal

Michael Wolf interviewed in The Wall Street Journal

1 April 2013

Michael Wolf featured in PetaPixel

Michael Wolf featured in PetaPixel

30 October 2012

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Tokyo Compression Final Cut

Michael Wolf

Tokyo Compression Final Cut

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Architecture of Density

Michael Wolf

Architecture of Density

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Real Fake Art

Michael Wolf

Real Fake Art

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Hong Kong: Front Door / Back Door

Michael Wolf

Hong Kong: Front Door / Back Door

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Hong Kong Flora

Michael Wolf

Hong Kong Flora

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Hong Kong Trilogy

Michael Wolf

Hong Kong Trilogy

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Hong Kong Informal Seating Arrangements

Michael Wolf

Hong Kong Informal Seating Arrangements

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