Michael Andrew Law Meets Wolfgang Tillmans

German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans poses for a photograph during a photocall to promote the forthcoming exhibition “Wolfgang Tillmans: 2017” at the Tate Modern in London on February 14, 2017. / AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Wolfgang Tillmans Press View, Tate Modern Boiler House, Level 3, 14/02/2017

Wolfgang Tillmans (born 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 a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Tillmans lives in Berlin and London.