Christoph Sillem (b. 1965) is a German photographer who has lived in his adopted home of Paris since 1988. After studying at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, he began his professional career in the nineties with campaigns for Kenzo and Guerlain, among others. In addition to editorials for major publications such as The Face, Vogue Japan or iD, he has photographed for brands such as Hermès and Issey Miyake. His photographs have been published internationally, including The Guardian, The Independent, Le Figaro, Vogue Homme International, Le Monde Hermès, Telerama and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin. Christoph Sillem's work was shown at the Triennale Photographie et Architecture Bruxelles in 2015, in the exhibition "Paysages français" at the Bibliothèque nationale de France Paris and at the Photaumnales Beauvais in 2018, among others.

„[Christoph Sillem’s] photographs, compellingly composed of beautiful skies and set-like, unpeopled structures, are all the more intriguing for the truth that, at first glance, they appear to mask.“ Catherine Gaffney, It’s Nice That

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