24.09.1970 Born in Kelkheim, Germany

1991-94 Berlin

1994-96 Hamburg

since 1996 London and Barcelona

education Studied photography in "Lette-Verein", Berlin

published work "Jetzt" suplement of Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich Amica, Hamburg Die Zeit Magazin, Hamburg Zeit Leben, Berlin Stern Magazin, Hamburg Der Spiegel, Hamburg Dazed and Confused, London Untold, London "Breathing Cities" and "Impossible Worlds" by August/Birkhaeuser book publication Building, London Allegra, Hamburg ADAC-Reisemagazin, Hamburg Greenpeace Magazin, Hamburg Merian, Hamburg The Observer Magazine, London Colors Magazine, Italy La Vanguardia Magazine, Spain Woman Magazine, Spain Evoophat, Vasava Artworks, Spain Dwell, USA Weltwoche, Schweiz Das Magazin, Schweiz Ojo de Pez, Spain El Pais Semanal, Spain The Guardian Weekend, UK Du, Schweiz Next Level, UK C International Photo Magazine

advertisment Philips, Singapore, Thailand, China and Hamburg Global Weighing, China and Hong Kong s,c,p,f... Pikolin, Spain Camberwell college catalogue 2001-2002, London AC-Hotels, Spain Alphabet, Fashion Accessories, Spain Publicis, renault, Spain s.c.p.f., Festival Grec, Spain Libro Banco Santander 2006, Spain

awards

1999 Winner of the Observer Hodge award, UK

2005 Short listed FotoNoviembre 2005, Tenerife

exhibitions

2003 Group show Overbeck - Gesellschaft Luebeck, Germany, with "landscapes of Benidorm".

since 2004 Participant at the group shows of Klubfoto, Germany.

2005 Group show and short listed FotoNoviembre.

2005 Tenerife, Spain

2006 Single show "Chabolas", Galeria Spectrum Soto, Zaragoza, Spain.

2006 Represented by Galeria Spectrum Soto at Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.

personal projects

1997 Present multimedia project, consisting of shooting-developing and projecting photographs of people in public events.

1997 - London Photo documentation of young professionals from different countries sharing a house in Brixton.

1998 - Cornwall Photo documentation of the musician and artist Paul Cannell, Redruth.

1998 - China Photo documentation, 1999 winner of the Observer Hodge award.

1999 - Germany Photo documentation, Prora, "the ghost of the Baltic", supported by the Observer

1999 - Las Vegas Photo documentation.

2001 - Finnland Life around the arctic-circle.

2001 - Italy Beach-Life in the South of Italy.

2002 - Spain Benidorm

2003 - Brasil Brasilia

2003 - Spain Chabolas

2004 - Libanon Beirut

2005 - Brasil Sao Paulo

2006 - India Chandigarh

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