German-born and trained (Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Fotografie, Munich 1978-1980) photographer living and working in New York from 1982 - 2004. Moved to UK in 2004.

Work
Since - 2004 Lives and works in London and Cornwall, England.
1982 - 2004 Photojournalist and portrait photographer based in New York, working mainly for German language magazines on assignment in the USA, Latin America and Europe.
1982 - 1986 Assistant to fashion, portrait and advertising photographers in New York: Evelyn Hofer, Annie Leibowitz, Hans Namuth, Carroll Seghers and others.
1980 - 1982 Assisted photographers in Munich and worked for regional magazines.

Selected publications (German media unless country indicated)
Architektur & Wohnen (architecture), Art Forum (USA), Art in America (USA), Berliner Zeitung (newspaper), Bomb magazine (USA), Brigitte (womens), Der Spiegel (news), Du (Swiss cultural magazine), German Elle, Facts (Swiss news magazine), Der Feinschmecker (gourmet/travel), Focus (news), Gala (celebrity), Lufthansa Magazin (airline), Marie Claire (Australia, France, Russia, China, Germany), Merian (travel), New York Times Magazine (USA), Playboy, Porsche Magazine (Germany/USA), Stern (news), Switch (lifestyle magazine, Japan), Tempo (lifestyle), Vogue (fashion), Zeit Magazin, National Geographic Books (USA).

Selected corporate work
CW-X, Japanese sportswear company. Advertising campaign.
Tyrolian Tourist Board, Austria. Image campaign for print ads, posters, brochures and books.
Allsteel. Image campaign.

Annual reports
Tengelmann Food Group (Germany), A&P Supermarkets (USA and Canada)

Exhibitions
2005 "The New York years" at Caspari Centrum in Prague
2004 “30 Rottweiler & 1 Dog” - Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York
2003 "Augenhöhe" (Eye level) - Galerie Etage Zwei, Rottweil, Germany Thirty lifesize cut-out portraits of Rottweil residents.
1998 "Collision New York" - Gallery Hansjörg Mehl, Rottweil, Germany
1996 "The Russian Cowboy & Other Stories of 14th Street" - Kunsthaus Fischinger Fotogalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
1996 "Fishheads" (portraits) - Max Fish, East Village, New York
1995 "Planet Germany" - Galerie Shift-räume, Berlin, Germany
1994 "Selbstmord in Madrid" ("Suicide in Madrid") - Schauspielhaus Zürich, Switzerland
1993 "Liquid Sky - Petrified Land" (landscapes of southwestern USA) - Kunsthaus Fischinger, Fotogalerie, Stuttgart
1989 "Swiss Artists in New York" (commissioned portraits of 12 Swiss artists living in New York) - UBS Bank HQ in Zürich, Switzerland
1987 "New York" - Galerie in der Kreissparkasse, Rottweil, Germany
1984 - 1987 Exhibitions at clubs and galleries in the East Village, New York

Television
1997 A portrait of me and my 14th Street project was aired on channel 3sat, Kulturzeit, Germany.