ZIELONY, Tobias

About German photographer, Tobias ZIELONY (*1973 in Wuppertal)

Tobias ZIELONY is a German artist, photographer and filmmaker. In 2001 he completed his studies of documentary photography at the University of Wales, moved to the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Buchkunst (HGB) Leipzig, becoming there a master student of Timm RAUTERT. In his projects with young people he is interested 'less in documenting their living conditions than in depicting their appearance in public space'. In 2015 he exhibited together with Olaf NICOLAI, Hito Steyerl and Jasmina Metwaly/Philip Rizk in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Photo books by Tobias ZIELONY

• 'Behind the Block' (2004); 'Monograph Tobias Zielony' (2004); 'c/o Talents 06' (2007, with Jutta von Zitzewitz); 'Trona. Armpit of America' (2008);  'No Story' (2010);  'Manitoba' (2011); 'Jenny, Jenny' (2013); 'Vele' (2014); 'Maskirovka' (2018); 'The Fall. Vol. 1-6' (2021); 'Wolfen' (2023);