The starting point of my work is reportage photography. Here I was trained - as they say - at the best universities in Europe in Hanover and Aarhus, Denmark. While I repeatedly doubted the medium, my photo reportages were nevertheless exhibited from time to time, published and awarded prizes.
Secretly never fully convinced of the credibility of my craft, I questioned the mechanisms of media making. I reflect on these in my book »Searching for the Old Bearded Fisherman«. My thoughts on the linguistic-cultural perspective on the world (as captured in photography) can be found in my work »chinatownvertical«. For my master's thesis at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, I focused on the practical means of photography. The exhibition includes objects and experimental works on the camera as well as the chemical and technical process of the imagemaking - »Photography as imprint, trace, index«.
My current project deals with the mass phenomenon of travel photography on Instagram. @ausgeguckt (German only)
Past talks at
12min.me Hannover, Art night – Buenos Aires / Argentina, infinitas – feminine Freimaurerinnenloge Hannover, ISSP – International Summerschool of Photography Latvia, Toastmasters International Hannover Speakers, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, Pecha Kucha – Museum August Kestner Hannover, Presseclub Braunschweig and many more to come...
About Born in 1985 in Rheine / Münsterland, I have been working as a freelance photographer since 2009.
Awards & Scholarships
2021 Research Scholarship "Sand" Neustart Kultur / Cultural Foundation VG Bildkunst
2021 Exhibition Scholarship "Stationen" / Culture Office of the City of Hanover
2018 VG BildKunst Scholarship for "Archipelago"
2016 Selected for ISSP Summerschool, Latvia
2015 Artist in Residence, Aark, Finland
2015 Scholarship for the "Archipelago" project / VG Bildkunst
2012 Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival 2012
2012 Shortlisted for the 1000 Words Award
2011 Canon Profifoto Award for "Chinatownvertical"
2011 Portfolio Favorites, photo festival Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen
2010 Erasmus / International Year in Denmark
Exhibitions (Selection)
2021 "Suchbild / Archipelago" – Gedok Galerie Salon, Hannover – Solo exhibition
2021 "Stationen" – Markthalle / Landtag, Hannover – Group exhibition
2018 "Wanderausstellung" IG Metall Galerie Frankfurt – Solo exhibition
2016 ISSP, Kuldiga, Latvia – Group exhibition
2013 "Spektrallinien", Art Society Gießen – Solo exhibition
2012 "chinatownvertical", Hanover – Solo exhibition
2012 Photokina, Boulevard of Competitions, Cologne – Group exhibition
2011 Tarragona, foodphoto festival, Spain – Screening
2011 Galerie FB2, "Fokus Frau", Dortmund – Group exhibition
2010 "Pavilion" KUBUS, Hannover – Group exhibition
Education
2021-2023 M.A. Photography and Media at University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld
2010-2011 International Year – Advanced Visual Storytelling at Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX), Århus, Denmark
2009-2010 Internship as a press photographer at Weserkurier, Bremen, Germany
2007-2013 B.A. Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover