1959 Born in Ingelheim at the Rhine-River

1990 Autodidactic photography, courses at adult education centers

1996 6. Place in the nationwide newspaper photo contest “Aperture 96”

2004

  • Active Member Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, New York,
    “whose work is judged to be of professional quality”
  • “Wall Work”, Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, New York (G)

2005

  • “Pen and Brush Open Juried Photography Exhibition”, New York (G)
  • “Small Works”, Juried Show Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, New York (G)
  • “Long Island New York Arts Council at Freeport’s 25th Annual Juried Photography Show” (G)
  • UN Women’s Guild Fashion Show Fundraiser, Event Photographer, Larchmont, New York
  • “Looking Forward”, Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, New York (G)

2006

  • Honorable Mention from International Photography Awards in two categories:
    Children (Series "Just Kids", 3 pictures) and
    Architecture / Cityscapes (Series "Black & Orange", 3 pictures)

2007

  • “Look, Twice!”, Hanau Cultural Society (S)
  • “People-Metropolises-Metamorphoses”, Art at the Office / Law Firm Nickel & Nickel, Hanau (G)

2008

  • Honorable Mention from International Photography Awards in three categories:
    Fine Art / Abstract ("November Lights"),
    People / Lifestyle and Editorial / Photo Essay ("From Head to Toe in Vietnamese Tourist Business", 5 pictures)
  • "Photographical Essay on Vietnam" in “Fresh & Aged”, Hanau Cultural Society (G)
  • "Men and Nature", Bouxwiller, France (G)
  • "Men and Nature", Remisen-Gallery, Hanau (G)

2009

  • "Eigth Women", Series: "Anywhere in Germany", Remisen-Gallery, Hanau (G)
  • "Close-Up of a Hanau Sinti Family" (photo coverage),
    Comödienhaus Wilhelmsbad, Hanau (S)
  • "all healed", Wilhelminenhaus, Bad Orb (G)
  • UN Women's Guild Gala Fundraiser, Event Photographer, New York City

2010

  • "30 Years 30 Artists", Cultural Exchange Hanau-Elsass, Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau (G)
  • Honorable Mention from International Photography Awards in two categories:
    Fine Art / Abstract ("An Alien in Chicago?", "Signs", 3 pictures),
    Architecture / Cityscapes (Series "My Space", 4 pictures)
  • Licher Photoaward 2010, Top 50 for Touring Exhibition
    "Good Old Breed" (1 picture)

2011

  • "Men and Women Seeking Composure", Kunstbalkon Kassel (G)
  • Honorable Mention from International Photography Awards in five categories:
    Architecture, Fine Art, Special Effects, Nature, People (12 pictures)

2012

  • "Man in Nature" Restaurant Dreiklang, Wien (E)
  • "all healed", Series: "Criss Cross - Salvation & Calamity" Protestant Education Center,
    Bad Orb (G)
  • "Blurred Pictures", "Blue House", Annual Exhibition, Kunstsalon Wächtersbach (G)
  • "360°" Hanau Cultural Society(G)
  • "Having Company", Series: "Blurred Pictures", Kulturwerk Schlüchtern (G)
  • Nominee 7th Black&White Spider Awards, in two categories:
    Achitectural, Nature (2 pictures)

2013

  • "Art connects - Artists from Jaroslawl and Hanau" Jaroslawl, Russia (G)

2014

  • "Art connects - Artists from Jaroslawl and Hanau" Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau (G)
  • Nominee 9th Black&White Spider Awards, category: Abstract (3 pictures)

2015

  • "Snip-Disco" Berlin, Event Photographer for Aktion Agrar, INKOTA,
    nyeleni.de and Slow Food
  • "We are fed up!"-Demonstration, Berlin, Event Photographer for Aktion Agrar
  • "About Finding", Remisengalerie, Hanau (G)
  • Secretaries-of-Agriculture-Conference, Petition Presentation, Bad Homburg v.d.H., Event-Photography for Aktion Agrar and Campact
  • Nominee 10th Black&White Spider Awards, categories: Abstracts, Fine Art, Nude (3 pictures)
  • Honorable Mention from International Photography Awards in six categories (14 pictures)

2016

  • Book illustration: Niels Schmitt: anderssein, Poems. Cocon-Verlag, Hanau, 2016
    ISBN: 978-3-86314-310-7
  • Awards ceremony Culture Award of the Main-Kinzig-District 2017, Gelnhausen, Event-Photography
  • Portraits of the Culture Award Winners of the Main-Kinzig-District 2017

2017

  • "Women's View to Womanhood", City Hall Hanau, (G)
  • Nominee 12th Black&White Spider Awards, categories: Abstracts, Wildlife (2 pictures)
  • "Christmas without Amazon", Bad Hersfeld, Event-Photograpy for Aktion Agrar

2018

  • "Out Of The Box", Hanauer Kulturverein (S)
  • November 2018: Culture Award Winner of the Main-Kinzig-District 2018 (www.kulturpreis.net)

2020

  • "Out Of The Box", Main-Kinzig-District Forum (S)
  • "Man & Nature", City Administration in Biebergemünd (S)

2021

  • "Herkunft Erde", Remisengalerie, Hanau (G)

G = Group exhibition

S = Single exhibition