Creativity and passion
I loved taking photos even as a child.
I started out small, in the truest sense of the word -
with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 x 17 mm.
Then, on my 16th birthday, as a gift from my grandmother, came the technological quantum leap:
A single-lens reflex camera
She opened up entirely new worlds of photography for me.
I got up at 4 a.m. to watch deer in the early morning mist and at night on a bridge,
to photograph the light trails of cars.
I spent entire weekends in the darkroom – fascinated by it,
how a picture slowly emerges on a piece of paper.
I almost always had my camera with me. One day a disc jockey saw me with it and asked,
Could I take photos at his event – that same evening!
Now, apart from my Nikon, I had no other equipment - but also not much time to think.
I agreed, and with a bit of improvisation and a borrowed tripod, I mastered my first assignment. The result was obviously well-received – since then I've been hired regularly.
Event photography became a regular part of my professional life for a while.
During this phase I pursued intensive further education – including at the Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-School.
and the Pforzheim School of Photo Design, as well as through numerous workshops on portrait techniques, lighting, image composition and image editing.
But all of that is behind me today.
What has remained, however, is the passion.
No longer as a profession – but quite consciously as a free, creative space. Today I photograph purely for the joy of it – primarily within the framework of TfP projects.
I am fascinated by the genuine moment, the expression of a face, the interplay of light and mood.
Whether calm portraits, emotional snapshots or deliberately staged scenes -
Each recording originates from a personal impulse, not from a commission.
I loved taking photos even as a child.
I started out small, in the truest sense of the word -
with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 x 17 mm.
Then, on my 16th birthday, as a gift from my grandmother, came the technological quantum leap:
A single-lens reflex camera
She opened up entirely new things for me
Photo worlds.
I got up at 4 a.m. to photograph deer in the early morning fog and at night on a bridge to photograph the light trails of cars.
I spent entire weekends in the darkroom, fascinated by how an image slowly emerges on a piece of paper.
I almost always had my camera with me. One day a disc jockey saw me with it and asked if I could take photos at his event – that very same evening!
Now, apart from my Nikon, I had no other equipment -
but also not much time to think.
I agreed, and with a bit of improvisation and a borrowed tripod, I mastered my first assignment. The result was obviously well-received – since then I've been hired regularly.
The event photography was done for
a regular feature for a while
my professional life.
During this phase I pursued intensive further education – including at
the Wilhelm Wagenfeld School and
the Pforzheim School of Photo Design, as well as through numerous workshops on portrait techniques, lighting, image composition and image editing.
But all of that is behind me today.
What has remained, however, is the passion.
No longer as a profession – but consciously as a free, creative space. Today I photograph purely for the joy of it.
especially within the context of TfP projects.
I am fascinated by the real moment,
the expression of a face,
the interplay of light and atmosphere.
Whether serene portraits, emotional snapshots or deliberately staged scenes - every photograph originates from a personal
Impulse, not from a commission.
I loved taking photos even as a child.
I started out small, in the truest sense of the word -
with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 x 17 mm.
Then, on my 16th birthday, as a gift from my grandmother, came the technological quantum leap:
A single-lens reflex camera
She opened up entirely new worlds of photography for me.
I got up at 4 a.m. to watch deer in the early morning mist.
and at night on a bridge to see the light trails of
Photographing cars.
I spent entire weekends in the darkroom, fascinated by how an image slowly emerges on a piece of paper.
I almost always had my camera with me. One day a disc jockey saw me with it and asked if I could take photos at his event – that very same evening!
Now, apart from my Nikon, I had no other equipment -
but also not much time to think.
I agreed, and with a bit of improvisation and a borrowed tripod, I mastered my first assignment. The result was obviously well-received – since then I've been hired regularly.
Event photography became an integral part of our work for a while.
my professional life.
During this phase I pursued intensive further education – including at the Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-School and the Photo-Design-School Pforzheim, as well as through numerous workshops on portrait techniques,
Lighting, image composition and image editing.
But all of that is behind me today.
What has remained, however, is the passion.
No longer as a profession – but quite deliberately as a freelance one.
Creative space. Today I photograph purely for the joy of it -
especially in the context of TfP projects.
I am fascinated by the genuine moment, the expression of a face,
the interplay of light and atmosphere.
Whether calm portraits, emotional snapshots or
deliberately staged scenes - each shot is created from
a personal impulse, not from a commission.