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