BORN 1948 IN BERLIN, I STUDIED PHOTOGRAPHY IN BERLIN AND HAMBURG.
1970 I STARTED MY FREELANCE WORK AT THE SCHILLER-THEATRE IN BERLIN.
FROM 1980 UNTIL 2000 I LIVED IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN, WORKING FOR THE THEATER AM TURM, THE STROEMFELD PUBLISHING HOUSE, AND THE SUHRKAMP PUBLISHING HOUSE. FOR 2 YEARS I TAUGHT PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE FACHHOCHSCHULE MAINZ AS A GUESTPROFESSOR.
SINCE 2000 I LIVE AND WORK IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND.
AS A THEATRE- AND PORTRAIT-PHOTOGRAPHER I HAVE ACCOMPANIED WORKS OF BOLESLAW BARLOG, HANS SCHWEIKART, FRITZ KORTNER, SAMUEL BECKETT, GEORGE TABORI, FERNANDO ARABAL, HEINER MÜLLER, EINAR SCHLEEF, PATRICE CHÉREAU, JAN FABRE, CHOREOGRAPHIES BY ANNA HUBER AND MUSIC EVENTS BY FRITZ HAUSER.
MY ARCHIVE CONTAINS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OFTEN PUBLISHED PORTRAITS OF ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS, AND PAINTERS.