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MUNICH/GERMANY - JANUARY 20: Michael Wolf (activate) gestures on the podium during the Digital Life Design (DLD) Conference at the HVB Forum on January 20, 2014 in Munich, Germany. DLD is a global network on innovation, digitization, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and influencers for crossover conversation and inspiration.

Happy faces by Håkan Gustafsson

The plumber's wife by Luc Soethout

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A woman walks along the life-size picture of pipes in an alley in Hong Kong, taken by photographer Michael Wolf and shown at BredaPhoto 2016.

Transparent City by ADF PHOTO

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Transparent City by ADF PHOTO

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"There were always three of us" by Moser's Maroon

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'Paris Street View' by Michael Wolf, exposed in the Amsterdam Zuid WTC business district.

Transparent City by ADF PHOTO

Life in cities 6 by mitue

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Web3.0 at Samsung Center by Neubie

Michael Wolfe, Craig Newmark speak on the future of social media. (at least that was the title). They spoke about whatever they wanted.

Grant park twilight by Michael Godek

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This was from my other Senior project. The project was inspired by Michael Wolf's work in "The Transparent City". These are scanned 4x5's. I was exploring the very short window during the day where you can see into the windows of buildings but there is still ambient light in the sky. This was possibly one of my favorite projects ever, the photos turned out beautiful, I printed them HUGE in the dark room so the colors are just amazing.

the detail is so great with this 4x5 that when you view up close you can actually see tables and chairs in the windows

DSC_1360.jpg by Valerio Pompilio

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depth by Monique van der Lint

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passer-by checking a Michael Wolf photo up close

Paris Photo - 10 B&W by jmvnoos in Paris

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"ROBERT KOCH GALLERY is pleased to present Architecture of Density, an

exhibition of large scale color photographs by Michael Wolf.

Wolf has lived and worked in Hong Kong for ten years. Stimulated by the region's

complex urban dynamics, he makes dizzying photographs of its architecture.

One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong

has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of

its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings. In Architecture of Density, Wolf

investigates these vibrant city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the

buildings' facades.

Some of the structures in the series are photographed without reference to the

context of sky or ground, and many buildings are seen in a state of repair or

construction: their walls covered with a grid of scaffolding or the soft colored

curtains that protect the streets below from falling debris. From a distance, such

elements become a part of the photograph's intricate design.

Upon closer inspection of each photograph, the anonymous public face of the city

is full of rewarding detail- suddenly public space is private space, and large

swatches of color give way to smaller pieces of people's lives. The trappings of the

people are still visible here: their days inform the detail of these buildings. Bits of

laundry and hanging plants pepper the tiny rectangles of windows- the only

irregularities in this orderly design.

In 2002, the San Francisco Chronicle called Wolf's work in Hong Kong "most

improbable and humanly alert". In previous series, Wolf described the vernacular

culture of the street. His early vision of the region dwelt on personal aesthetic

gestures left in back doors and alleyways, such as makeshift seating in the streets.

In these photographs, small tokens of human presence took precedence over

monumental architecture. Wolf continues to explore the theme of the organic

metropolis- that which develops according to the caprice of its citizens as much as

the planning of its architects. In Architecture of Density, his vision has evolved to

evaluate the high-rises that shape the spatial experience of Hong Kong's citizens.

Wolf finds in each building a singular character, despite its functional purpose and

massive form.

Wolf was born in Munich, Germany in 1954. He studied first at the North Toronto"

www.photomichaelwolf.com/intro/index.html

Mass-if by Dirk Bakker

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Transparent City by ADF PHOTO

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