Matthias Schaller was born in Dillingen/Donau, Germany, in 1965, and today lives in Venice/Italy and New York City. Schaller studied cultural anthropology in Göttingen, Hamburg and Siena. He was a DAAD fellow in Rome and has exhibited internationally in solo shows at institutions including Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Biennale d’Arte in Venice, the Picasso Museum in Münster, and Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro. Steidl has published Schaller’s The Mill (2007), Controfacciata (2008) and Purple Desk (2009).