Nacido en Munich, Alemania, Wolf creció en Canadá, Europa y los Estados Unidos, donde estudió primeramente en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, luego en Alemania con Otto Steinert en Essen. En 1994 se mudó a Hong Kong donde trabajó durante ocho años como fotógrafo contratado de la revista Stern. Recientemente ha dirigido su mirada hacia la vida en las mega-ciudades, y también ha creado una práctica fotografiando varios locales mediante el Google Street View.
Ha expuesto ampliamente, incluyendo la Bienal de arquitectura de Venecia; Aperture Gallery, Nueva York; Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finlandia; Museum for Work, Hamburg, Alemania; Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennial; y el Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Wolf ha sido seleccionado para premios como el World Press Photo award en 2005 y 2010, y estuvo preseleccionado para el premio Prix Pictet de fotografía.
Ha publicado más de 13 fotolibros incluyendo Bottrop Ebel 1976 (Peperoni Press 2012), Tokyo Compression Three (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2012), Architecture of Density (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2012), Hong Kong Corner Houses (Hong Kong University Press, 2011), Portraits (Superlabo, Japan, 2011), Tokyo Compressio Revisited (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2011), Real Fake Art (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2011), FY (Peperoni Press, 2010), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Peperoni Press, 2010), Tokyo Compression (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2010), Hong Kong Inside Outside (Asia One/Peperoni Press, 2009), The Transparent City (Aperture, 2008), y Sitting in China (Steidl, 2002).
Born in Munich, Germany, Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe and the United States, studying first at the University of California, Berkeley, then with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994 where for eight years he was a contract photographer for Stern magazine. More recently he has focused on life in mega-cities, and has also created a practice photographing various locales via Google Street View.
He has exhibited widely, including at the Venice Biennale for Architecture; Aperture Gallery, New York; Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland; Museum for Work, Hamburg, Germany; Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennial; and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Wolf has also been selected for prizes such as the World Press Photo award competition in 2005 and 2010, and was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet photography prize.
He has published more than 13 photo books including Bottrop Ebel 1976 (Peperoni Press 2012), Tokyo Compression Three (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2012), Architecture of Density (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2012), Hong Kong Corner Houses (Hong Kong University Press, 2011), Portraits (Superlabo, Japan, 2011), Tokyo Compression Revisited (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2011), Real Fake Art (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2011), FY (Peperoni Press, 2010), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Peperoni Press, 2010), Tokyo Compression (Peperoni Press/Asia One, 2010), Hong Kong Inside Outside (Asia One/Peperoni Press, 2009), The Transparent City (Aperture, 2008), and Sitting in China (Steidl, 2002).
