About German photographer, Wilhelm SCHÜRMANN (b.1946, in Dortmund)

After studying chemistry from 1966–71, Wilhelm SCHÜRMANN started to work as a freelence photographer for different daily newspapers. In 1972 began collecting photography and was teaching photography at RWTH Aachen, faculty of architecture. From 1981 – 2011 he worked as a professor at the university of applied science, Aachen.

Photo books by and on the work of Wilhelm SCHÜRMANN

  • 'Fotografien' (1989); 'In Deutschland. Aspekte gegenwärtiger Dokumentarfotografie' (1979, by Klaus Honnef and W.S.); 'das nötig' (1990); 'Pegel Köln' (1995); 'kurzdavordanach' (2007); 'Energien | Synergien 9' (2009, mit Klaus Honnef); 'The sound of downloading makes me want to upload' (2011); 'Wegweiser zum Glück: Bilder einer Straße 1979-1981' (2012); 'Happy Birthday' (2016), 'Suburban Constructivism I' (2019)