Often with a participatory approach his photography takes stock of social change and individual self-positioning processes. Born in Hamburg. He graduated in photography from the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, focus on photojournalism and social documentary photography. Freelance photographer in Germany, Chile, India, Turkey, the USA and Spain. Lecturer of photography at universities such as Lübeck, Bombay, Erfurt and Berlin. Artist in Residence at the University of Erfurt. Exhibitions in Hamburg, Bielefeld, Lübeck, Frankfurt/Main, Weimar, Erfurt, Duisburg, Jena, Potsdam, Bonn and Berlin.