Video for the weekend 36 / David Solomons

Behind 28 / Selected for exhibition

Selected work for the exhibition at the International Photofestival, Knokke-Heist, Belgium from 28.03.2010 till 13.06.2010.

BETTER THAN A ROLLER COASTER / BLACKPOOL, UK 2007.

BEFORE HER WHITE FRONT DOOR / WETTEREN, BELGIUM 2009.

Report 67 / Streets of Dublin 3

Dublin, Ireland 2009.

Unlabeled 14

Brussel, Belgium 2008.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH / January 2010

Santander, Spain 2009.

Sources / E. Hopper 8

Bilbao, Spain 2009.

Coincidences 19

Blankenberge, Belgium 2007.

Photographers to know / Link 17 : Michael Wolf

© Michael Wolf / The Transparant City, 2008.

In a diverse array of photographic projects Michael Wolf explores the complex cultural identities of China and Hong Kong, where he has lived since 1995. Wolf delves into subjects such as the formal and improvisational aesthetics of Hong Kong's architectural forms, the often-overlooked human presence at the heart of international industry, and the idiosyncratic ways city-dwellers shape their surroundings in an "organic metropolis." Throughout these interrelated series Wolf draws into question notions of public and private space, anonymity and individuality, history and modern development. Attuned to the cultural and economic undercurrents of his adopted home, Wolf remains humanely attentive to the personal details as well. Kenneth Baker, critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written of the "formal intelligence and acuity of observation" evident in Wolf's photographs, and while Wolf is meticulously and consistently observant, his photographs reflect a manner of working that is intuitive and fluid: from series to series Wolf assumes a range of viewpoints, intimate in some cases and removed in others, and alternates between approaches that are rigorously formal and playfully lyrical.

Michael Wolf was born in Munich (1954), Germany. He grew up in the USA and studied at UC Berkley and at the University of Essen in Germany. He has been living and working as a photographer and author in China for ten years.

© Michael Wolf / Tokyo Subway Dream, 2009.