Wolfgang Zurborn

Wolfgang Zurborn is a German photographer, teacher, and curator. Born in Ludwigshafen in 1956, he studied photography in Munich and Dortmund. His work examines everyday life and public spaces, often bringing people, objects, and visual details together in densely layered compositions. He received the Otto Steinert Fellowship in 1985, and his book Drift won the German Photo Book Award in 2008.

Alongside his own practice, Zurborn has co-directed Galerie Lichtblick in Cologne with Tina Schelhorn since 1986. He founded the Lichtblick School in 2010 and has taught photography and led workshops internationally. His photographs have been exhibited across Europe and the United States, including at Museum Folkwang in Essen and the Haus der Photographie at Deichtorhallen Hamburg. (Website, Instagram)