Combining whimsy, sex and a flair for finding unexpected beauty, Wolfgang Tillmans has one of the most singular lenses in the world of fine art photography, so much so that he was the first photographer to win the Turner prize back in 2000. His repertoire runs the gamut from Hamburg and London nightlife, abstract images made with developing chemicals in the darkroom, still lifes and nudes, and the peculiar contradiction in his work is that it seamlessly juxtaposes the classical and the contemporary. This is because whether it’s the nape of a neck, a windowsill littered with ripening fruit or a crumpled pair of jeans, everything tends to feel stumbled upon.
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