Michael Wolf (born 1954 in Munich) is a German artist and photographer who lives and works in Hong Kong and Paris. His work focuses on daily life in big cities. Wolf won first prize in the Contemporary Issues category of the 2004 World Press Photo competition for his photographs of workers in several types of factories for an article in Stern.
Wolf was born in 1954 in Munich, Germany and was raised in the United States, Europe, and Canada. He attended the North Toronto Collegiate Institute and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1976 he obtained a degree in visual communication at the University of Essen, Germany, where he studied with Otto Steinert. Wolf began his career in 1994 as a photojournalist, spending eight years working in Hong Kong for the German magazine Stern. Wolf states that a decline in the magazine industry led to photojournalism assignments becoming “stupid and boring.” In 2003 he decided to work only on fine-art photography projects.
Website: photomichaelwolf.com
