DW – “Tillmans does not take pictures – he makes pictures.” Chris Dercon, exiting director of the Tate Modern in London and incoming director of the Volksbühne theater in Berlin, gave perhaps the most fitting description of Wolfgang Tillmans. Indeed, the German photographer’s is meticulously organized and premeditated. No single detail is left to coincidence; no image, no catalogue and no exhibit. And he has a way of connecting political themes with poetry like no other. – read more