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Christoph Sillem (born 1965) is a German photographer who has lived in Paris, his adopted country, since 1988. After studying at the Bavarian State School for Photography in Munich, he began his professional career in the 1990s with campaigns for Kenzo and Guerlain, among others. In addition to editorials for major publications such as The Face, Vogue Japan and iD, he photographed for brands such as Hermès and Issey Miyake. His photographs have been published internationally, including in The Guardian, The Independent, Le Figaro, Vogue Homme International, Le Monde Hermès, Telerama and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.Christoph Sillem’s works were shown at the Triennale Photographie et Architecture Bruxelles in 2015, in the exhibition ‘Paysages français’ in the Bibliothèque national de France Paris in 2018 and at the Photaumnales Beauvais.