| born | 1968
in
Kempen, West-Germany |
| Education | |
| 1989-1991 | photographic apprenticeship, Berlin |
| Professional Experience | |
| 1991-1992 | photographer for "Scheinschlag" Newspaper, Berlin |
| since 1993 | editorial work, clients include: Casa Brutus Japon, PEN Japon, Brutus Japon, MarieClaire Japon, Der Spiegel, Stern and others |
| 1993-1995 | Agency "Ostkreuz", Berlin |
| since 1996 | member of lux fotografenbüro berlin |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | ›What
is what stays‹ The five hundred forty-eight lives of the
Buddha, Salon for contemporary photo art, Berlin |
| 2006 | "What
is what stays - The five hundred forty-seven lives of the Buddha",
Fenster 61, Berlin |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | lux fotografenbüro berlin – works by seven Berlin photographers, Photographic Center Northwest-Seattle, Washington und Hampshire College Amherst, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2005 | "Wild Wild EAST I", Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GFZK), Leipzig |
| 2003 | "10 Jahre Scheinschlag", Installation on Brunnenstraße, Berlin |
| 1998 | "Berlin", Galerie Schenker, Luzern, Schweiz |
| 1998 | "broken", Architektenkammer, Berlin |
| 1993 | "AGFA/Bilderberg Preis für jungen Bildjournalismus", Photokina Cologne/ Fototage Herten |
| 1993 | "Faces of Sorrow", United Nations/Time Magazine UN-General Assembly New York |
| 1992 | "Treppen", Galerie am Scheunenviertel, Berlin |
| Grants / Fellowships | |
| 1994 | Prix Bayeux des correspondants de guerre, first prize magazine, Stern |
| 1993 | AGFA/Bilderberg
Preis für jungen Bildjournalismus 1993, first prize |
| Publications | |
| 1993 | only photographer in an enclave in Bosnia, publications in: Stern, Newsweek, Paris-Match, American Photo, Observer, Sunday Times etc. |
