Wolfgang Tillmans

born 1968

Wolfgang Tillmans, ‘Kneeling Nude’ 1997
Kneeling Nude 1997
© Wolfgang Tillmans, courtesy Maureen Paley, London
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Biography

Wolfgang Tillmans (born 16 August 1968) is a German photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations.

Tillmans was the first photographer – and also the first non-British person – to be awarded the Tate annual Turner Prize. He has also been awarded the Hasselblad Award, the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition's Charles Wollaston Award, The Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography, and is an Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts London. Tillmans lives in Berlin and London.

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