Wolfgang Vollmer, a freelance photographer, curator, author, artist, collector, critic and teacher, lives in Cologne. He works with the magazine Camera Austria, which discusses photography in context with contemporary art, media and social development. His own works are on display at Museum Ludwig Cologne, Museum Folkwang Essen and at George Eastman House in Rochester (US). His publications about and featuring photography include Meisterwerke der Fotografischen Kunst (2014).