About the South Africa photographer, Guy TILLIM (b. 1962, in Johannesburg)
Guy TILLIM started photographing professionally in 1986, working with Afrapix collective until 1990. His work as a freelance photographer include positions at Reuter and Agence France Press. Guy TILLIM lives and works in Vermaaklikheid in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Photo books by and with works by Guy TILLIM
'Jo'burg' (2001); 'Leopold Mobutu' (2004); 'Petros Village' (2006); 'Avenue Patrice Lumumba' (2008); 'Roma, citta di mezzo' (2010); 'Second Nature' (2012); 'O Futuro Certo' (2015); 'Edit Beijing' (2017); 'Museum of the Revolution' (2019)
Awards (a selection)
- 2005. Leica Oskar Barnack Award for his 'Joburg' series
2006: 1st Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography, Peabody Museum at Harvard University
Exhibitions (a selection)
- 2005: The Photographers Gallery, London
2006: International Center of Photography, New York; 'Petros Village', Museo di Roma in Trastevere/FotoGrafia Festival, Rome
2007: Documenta 12, Kassel
2011: 'Appropriated Landscapes: Contemporary African Photography from The Walther Collection'; 'Avenue Patrice Lumumba', Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris