His exhibitions feature seemingly arbitrary arrangements in which photographs are either taped or pinned to the walls of the gallery, rather than hung in frames. Inkjet prints, postcards, color photographs and magazine clipping with Tillmans' images are all placed on the walls, spanning almost from the floor to the ceiling.
« I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience. »
Wolfgang Tillmans
He broadened out from portraiture to sky photographs, aerial shots, landscapes and astrophotography, frequently motivated by political and
aesthetic concerns, particularly those of gender identity and homosexuality. His work g
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His exhibitions feature seemingly arbitrary arrangements in which photographs are either taped or pinned to the walls of the gallery, rather than hung in frames. Inkjet prints, postcards, color photographs and magazine clipping with Tillmans' images are all placed on the walls, spanning almost from the floor to the ceiling.
« I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience. »
Wolfgang Tillmans
He broadened out from portraiture to sky photographs, aerial shots, landscapes and astrophotography, frequently motivated by political and
aesthetic concerns, particularly those of gender identity and homosexuality. His work generally comes in three different sizes, ranging from small to quite large. He moved into digital photography in 2009 and has embraced what he terms the differences in psychology of photography with the digital medium rather than film. (
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