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WOLFGANG kAUFMANN

Lives and works in vienna, Austria

SEARCH THE ARTIST ONLINE www.wolfman-photo.com

The photographer and artist wolfgang kaufmann was born in 1967 in of his most renown recent work.woLFMAN´s work shows his passion for
Austria.. As a 18 year old he left Austria to adventure the USA where he photography and his ability to figure out ideas that he realizes with a lot of
graduated from High School in 1986. Attending photography classes at planning effort but surprisingly little technical input. He draws his photos
Brown University, Rhode Island, wolfgang acquired his technical skills that with precise photographic skills and uses post production techniques
up to today are the substance of his work. Combining his main interests in where his ideas go beyond what can be pictured by just photography.
sports, travelling and photography and in oder to finance his MBA studies “Only when combining both photography and image editing I can come up
in vienna he toured the world with a group of soprts enthusiasts. Many with results that are close to my ideas”, he recently stated in an interview.
people enjoyed his breath taking sports and travel photography when Most of his ideas demand cooperative, confident and creative modles as
visiting his professional multimedia shows or browsing through sports well as a supportive team. For woLFMAN, photography as an art works
magazines in the 90ies. It was digital photography which attracted his best without any direct commercial interest. He does sometimes work
interest again after a longer period of experimenting with film and video. for selected clients that offer interesting projects or let him work on
Today, besides sports photography his main interest is driven by creativity. his own. Recent results of his creative engagement are several fine-art
Sometimes with celebrities, sometimes just working together with models calendars or an award at International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2006.
spontaneously met he tries to realize extravagant ideas on spectacular In 2008 exhibitions are planned in germany, Swizerland and Austria.
locations and with intersting people. His series “good girls hotels”, Digital fine art prints can be ordered in limited editions on his website
published in many web magazines under the pseudonym woLFMAN is one wolfman-photo.com

 CraZY HOrse, vIENNA 2007 PHOTOgRAPHY  HOVerING mermaID, BERLIN 2007 PHOTOgRAPHY  VIeNNa CaLLING, vIENNA 2007 PHOTOgRAPHY

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