I have been passionate about photography since I was a child.

I started out quite literally small – with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 × 17 mm.

For my 16th birthday, my grandmother gave me a single-lens reflex camera – a real quantum leap that opened up completely new photographic possibilities for me.

I got up at 4 a.m. to photograph deer in the fog, and at night I captured the light trails of passing cars in pictures.

I spent entire weekends in the darkroom – fascinated by how slowly an image emerges on paper.

The camera was and is my constant companion.

I am primarily interested in capturing the genuine moment – the expression on a face, the interplay of light and shadow. Whether serene portraits or experimental projects: every photograph arises from a personal impulse and the pure joy of photography.

And when I'm not taking photos, I'm out walking my dog -

at my home in Ahrensburg or in Hamburg and the surrounding area.