about

• 1983 born in Cologne, Germany
• 2012 studies (Documentary Photography and Photojournalism) at the ICP in New York, USA
• 2011 BA at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, Germany (Documentary Photography and Photojournalism)
• 2011 represented by the Photo- and Pressagency FOCUS
• 2010 Internship at the agency OSTKREUZ in Berlin
• 2009 Founding member of the photo collective KOLLEKTIV25
• 2009 Diploma at the Danish School of Journalism in Århus, Denmark (Photojournalism / Advanced International Photo Program)

Awards

• 2013 Honorable Mention, Scholarship Hannover Shots
• 2012 VG Bild-Kunst Project Grant
• 2012 BFF Promotion Award 2012 for »Der Apparat«
• 2012 LOOK3 Scholarship Master Class with Bruce Gilden
• 2012 nominated for PDN 30
• 2011 Eddie Adams Workshop, winner of TV Guide Magazine Award
• 2011 DAAD scholarship for the studies at the ICP in New York, USA
• 2011 New York Photo Awards, winner »Photographic Book« for »The Secret World of Fraternities«
• 2011 Listed as one of the top ten emerging german photographers by flare mag
• 2011 nominated for the Rückblende-Award
• 2010 »The Secret World of Fraternities« nominated for the Freelens-Award
• 2009 Individual Grant by Canon and laif – Agency for Photos & Reportages
• 2008 Canon Profifoto Grant 08/02 for »The Island of Riems«
• 2008 Workshop with Boris Mikhailov in Berlin, Germany
• 2007 VGH-Award for »Lady Capulet« 2nd spot

Exhibitions

• 2013 Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg, »Sternstunden der Fotografie«, group show, Stuttgart, Germany
• 2013 Kleister, »Weiber«, group show, Berlin, Germany
• 2012 Visa pour l’image – off Festival, »Awarded«, group show, Perpignan, France
• 2012 ICP, »My Truth, Your Truth«, group show, New York City, USA
• 2011 C/O Berlin Studio, »The Secret World of Fraternities«, group show, Berlin, Germany
• 2011 Design-Center, »The Apparatus«, exhibition of the final projects 2011, Hanover, Germany
• 2011 Photographic Centre Peri, »The Secret World of Fraternities«, group show, Turku, Finland
• 2011 New York Photo Festival, »The Secret World of Fraternities«, community multimedia exhibition, New York, USA
• 2011 Design-Center, »Explaining man to man«, group show, Hanover, Germany
• 2011 »Rückblende«, travelling group show, Berlin, Bonn, Mainz, Trier, Leipzig, Koblenz, Germany and Brussels, Belgium
• 2011 »Planket«, travelling group show, Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany
• 2010 FotoDoks 2010 »The Secret World of Fraternities«, Munich, Germany
• 2010 Visa pour l’image – off Festival, »Travelling the World«, group show, Perpignan, France
• 2010 Lumix-Festival for young photojournalism »The Secret World of Fraternities«, Hanover, Germany
• 2008 Visual Gallery, Photokina 2008, »The Island of Riems«, group show, Cologne, Germany
• 2008 Visa pour l’image – off Festival, »Hommage à Perpignan«, group show, Perpignan, France
• 2007 Design-Center, »Prague – pictures of an excursion«, group show, Hanover, Germany
• 2006-2007 different places in Germany and Poland, »Wie Du es siehst / Jak Ty to widzisz / the way you see it«, travelling group show