Michael Wolf
Architecture of Density Scout #28 #33 #57
2005
Archival Inkjet Print
Michael Wolf’s Architecture of Density Scouts is a photographic exploration of Hong Kong’s overwhelming urban density, capturing the facades of high-rise buildings as abstract, almost painterly compositions. The “Scouts” are preliminary studies Wolf created while developing his larger Architecture of Density series. They function as experimental compositions, testing how fragments of facades could be framed to emphasize repetition and abstraction.
About Michael Wolf
Born in Munich in 1954, Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe and the United States, studying at University of California, Berkeley and under Otto Steinert at the Folkwang School in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994. Michael Wolf won first prize in the World Press Photo competition in 2005 and 2010. In 2010 and 2016, he was nominated for the Prix Pictet photography award. His works are featured in many permanent collections, including those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Museum Folkwang, Essen.