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PHOTOGRAPHER

Wolfgang Tillmans

1968 - Today

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Wolfgang Tillmans (born 16 August 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 first non-British person, to be awarded the Turner Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Tillmans has received more than 515,391 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wolfgang Tillmans is the 126th most popular photographer (down from 104th in 2019), the 4,822nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,366th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Photographer.

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  • 41.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Wolfgang Tillmans ranks 126 out of 105. Before him are Toni Frissell, Clarence Hudson White, Milton H. Greene, Terry Richardson, Titian Peale, and Andres Serrano. After him are Willy Puchner, Pete Souza, Zanele Muholi, and Steven Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Wolfgang Tillmans ranks 353. Before him are Antonio de la Torre, Rena Sofer, Joe Cornish, Nadia Calviño, Jürgen Vogel, and Aureliu Ciocoi. After him are John Ajvide Lindqvist, Cynthia Watros, Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Erik Palladino, Temur Ketsbaia, and Wendi Deng Murdoch.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Tillmans ranks 4,822 out of 6,142. Before him are Jürgen Vogel (1968), Hans Theilig (1914), Wolfgang Fahrian (1941), Timo Hildebrand (1979), Georg Hackl (1966), and Hans Pflügler (1960). After him are Erwin Sellering (1949), Christoph Schlingensief (1960), Christian Drosten (1972), Julia Fischer (1983), Gabriele Zimmer (1955), and Andreas Thom (1965).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Wolfgang Tillmans ranks 18. Before him are Grete Stern (1904), Heinrich Zille (1858), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Ellen von Unwerth (1954), Ilse Bing (1899), and Annemarie Heinrich (1912).

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