The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toilet or on the ground, and this minimal act being so transgressive, even though no major harm is done.
For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves. - Wolfgang Tillmans
For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves.
- Wolfgang Tillmans
The true authenticity of photographs for me is that they usually manipulate and lie about what is in front of the camera, but never lie about the int… - Wolfgang Tillmans
The true authenticity of photographs for me is that they usually manipulate and lie about what is in front of the camera, but never lie about the int…
I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use. - Wolfgang Tillmans
I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.
What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the traged… - Wolfgang Tillmans
What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the traged…
The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toile… - Wolfgang Tillmans
The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toile…
I am interested not in individual readings, but in constructing networks of images and meanings capable of reflecting the complexity of the subject. - Wolfgang Tillmans
I am interested not in individual readings, but in constructing networks of images and meanings capable of reflecting the complexity of the subject.
Big ideas don't make them selves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successfu… - Wolfgang Tillmans
Big ideas don't make them selves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successfu…
To look without fear is a good subversive tool, undermining taboos. - Wolfgang Tillmans
To look without fear is a good subversive tool, undermining taboos.
I think it's much more radical to see and show things as they look instead of making them somehow subversive through alienation. - Wolfgang Tillmans
I think it's much more radical to see and show things as they look instead of making them somehow subversive through alienation.
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