Born in Cologne/Germany. During his Studies for Photography and Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund he already had the opportunity to work for the newspaper Kölner Stadtanzeiger and the magazines Stern and ZEITmagazin. 1990 he made the reportage "Eine Nacht im Milieu" which he presented at his examination by Prof. Cindy Gates, FH Dortmund.
He works on assignment as a free-lance photographer for Stern, Die Zeit, Das Magazin (CH), GEO, Merian, Neue Züricher Zeitung (CH), Focus, Capital, Facts (CH) ZEITmagazin and others.
1993-97 associated by the photo-agency laif. Since 1998 member of the photo-agency VISUM.
Since 1998 represented by "van der grinten galerie" in Cologne. Since 2004 member of German Society for Photography (DGPh). Since 2007 member of German Photography Academy (DFA).
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