1959
Born in Leipzig/ Germany
1965-68
Primary school education in Leverkusen
1968-1977
High school education in Wuppertal
1978-81
Study of visual communication and photography at the universities of Wuppertal and Dortmund.
Reporter and Photographer for newspapers and magazines in North-Rhine-Westfalia.
1981-83
Reporter, Photographer and Editor of different German culture and music-magazines including,MARABO, UEBERBLICK, METAL HAMMER.
First Assignment for STERN-Magazine: "Heavy Metal-Fans in the Ruhr-Region."
1983-85
Free-Lance-Photographer in Lisbon, Portugal. Assignments for SPIEGEL, dpa among others.
Individual Exhibition about the City of Lisbon sponsored by German Goethe-Institute.
1985-88
Media-Consulting for the Government of Mato-Grosso-Province in Central Brasil and Brasilian Municipal Asscociation ABM in Brasília.
Since 1987
Publications - Text and Photographs - in many European magazines and newspapers including GEO, STERN , FOCUS, SPIEGEL, FACTS, GQ, ZEIT, SZ, FR, NZZ, VOGUE among others.
Since 1991
Member of BILDERBERG-Agency, Hamburg. Participation in BILDERBERG-Project in Australia and in organizing of BILDERBERG Project in Cuba.
Since 1995
Executive producing, filming and directing for German TV-Stations:
- Gold Rush at the Amazon for Premiere
- Wonderful City Rio de Janeiro for RTL
- Occupation of the state of Mato Grosso by German Immigrants for WDR
- Drug-Police at the Bolivian-Brazilian Boarder for Pro 7
- AVON- beauty consultants at the Amazon for Pro 7
- Jungle pilots in the gold miner areas in north Brasil for Pro 7
- Visually handicapped football players in Rio de Janeiro for ZDF
- Emerald mining in central Brazil for Pro 7
- German dentists at the Xavante-Indian-Reservation for ZDF
- The cable car in Rios Old Town for Kabel 1
- The “Boat of Justice”, a floating courtyard on the Amazon for Pro7
- German jazz rock legend Klaus Doldinger on Tour in Brazil for 3Sat
and many others
1998
Study of the “esthetic of documentary” in the Film School at San Antonio de los Banos in Havana, Cuba.
Since 1999
Independent long term documentary production
2004-2008
Research about Ayahuasca, an ancient shamanic drug used by the indigenous population of the Amazon region for more than 3000 years; production of 74 minute documentary about the Santo Daime religion in Brazil.
Since 2005
Teaching photo journalism in workshops and seminars in Brazil. Lectures about photography in Brazil and China.
2008
Living between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Beijing, China. Developing cultural exchange projects between the two countries, realizing photo shows and documentaries.
2008
Photographic work in China about “Modern Beijing before the Olympics” and participation in a documentary for German TV about the first chinese expedition to Mount Everest in 1960
Numerous group and solo exhibitions since 1979,among them (selected):
- FACES OF LISBON, Goethe Instiutes in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Portugal 1984/85
- STERN PHOTOGRAPHY , G+J building, Hamburg 1989
- AMAZON, Goethe Institute Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992
- MASKERADE, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg 2004
- MANDALLA, Bayer Entrance Hall, Sao Paulo, 2005
- BILDERBERG PHOTOGRAPHY, Deichtorhallen, 2006
- BAIXADA EM ALTA, World Educational Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006
- ATLANTIC RAIN FOREST, Guapimirim, Brazil, 2007
- BAIXADA EM ALTA, Pirenopolis, Photo Festival, Brazil, 2007
- RIO BY NIGHT, Tops Festival Shenyang, China, 2007
- RIO BY NIGHT, Pirenopolis, Photo Festival, Brazil, 2008
Awards:
Bronze medal at TOPS Festival in Shenyang (China) with the project "Rio by
Night", 2008