With seven million people, Hong Kong is the 4th most densely populated places, sharing a myriad of tiny apartments, in the world. However, plain numbers never tell the full story. In his ‘Architecture of Density’ photo series, German photographer Michael Wolf explores the jaw-dropping city skylines of Hong Kong. He rids his interesting photos of any context, such above or the earth below, and rarely includes people, either. The images are large scale flat captions of buildings which appear to be infinite and haunting while hiding people’s tiny homes inside.
First prize winner in the World Press Photo competition in 2005 and 2010, Michael moved from Germany to Hong Kong back in 1994 and spent 8 years working for Stern Magazine as a contracted photographer. As he started working on his own projects since 2001, many of them proved to be successful enough to be released as books. His Architecture of Density, also available for purchase, is one out of 13 to date.
Michael’s main focus has always been life in high-density cities, capturing the urban beauty of the “architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises,” as explained in his statement. The distinctive feature of Michael’s work is said to be his ability to “find the symbolic value in those seemingly insignificant details that so often go unnoticed”.
Now scroll down below and check for yourself, what the Hong Kong’s population sees every day.
Website: photomichaelwolf.com via: twistedsifter
Architecture of Density is also available as a 128-page book on Amazon.
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