Focused on the specific visual elements of Hong Kong, german photographer Michael Wolf has depicted high density living in one of the world’s most crowded cities, like nobody has before.

For the book 'Architecture of Density', Michael Wolf fashioned a distinctive style of photography. He removes any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattens the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer’s eye. Michael Wolf photographs crumbling buildings in need of repair, brand new buildings under construction covered in bamboo scaffolding, as well as fully occupied residential complexes. Wolf’s disorienting vantage point gives the viewer the feeling that the buildings extend indefinitely, which perhaps is the spatial experience of Hong Kong’s inhabitants.

Focused on the specific visual elements of Hong Kong, German photographer Michael Wolf has depicted high density living in one of the world’s most crowded cities, like nobody has before.

For the book 'Architecture of Density', Michael Wolf fashioned a distinctive style of photography. He removes any sky or horizon line from the frame and flattens the space until it becomes a relentless abstraction of urban expansion, with no escape for the viewer’s eye. Michael Wolf photographs crumbling buildings in need of repair, brand new buildings under construction covered in bamboo scaffolding, as well as fully occupied residential complexes. Wolf’s disorienting vantage point gives the viewer the feeling that the buildings extend indefinitely, which perhaps is the spatial experience of Hong Kong’s inhabitants.

This publication has been published before as part of the two-book set 'Hong Kong Inside Outside', which is completely sold out. The photobook 'Architecture of Density' comes in a new edition as a stand alone book.