Grown up in the sixties in a small town in the Lower Rhine Area, he has been influenced by the Lower Rhine landscape and also by industrial heritage and architectural diversity. This affected previously his work as painter. Later on, with the coming of the digital age, he swapped back to photography, which he had performed occasionally before with analogue cameras alongside the painting. His Main topics are expressive and high-quality photographic images out of the subject’s architecture, landscape from many different Countrys, Sport and Peoplephotography.
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Main Awards:

2023 IPA New York Professional 2nd Place Architecture – Interior

2023 Siena Creative Photoaward 2 time Finalist

2022 Siena International Photo Awards Remarkable Award Architecture

2022 ND Awards 1st Place and Gold Star Award Architecture – Interior

2022 IPA New York Honorable Mention Award and Official Selection Architecture

2021 Siena International Photo Awards Remarkable Award Architecture

2021 Tokyo Foto Award Bronze Medal Architecture & Editors Country Pic

2021 PX3, Prix de la Photography Silver & Bronze Medal Architecture

2020 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist Architecture

2020 PX3, Prix de la Photography Architecture Photographer of the Year

2020 IPA New York Professional 3rd Place Architecture

2020 13th International Color Awards 2nd Place Architecture

2019 6th ND Award 3rd Place Bronze Star Award

2019 IPA New York Professional 3rd Place Architecture

2018 TIFA Tokyo Silver Winner Architecture

2018 Siena International Photoawards Remarkable Award Architecture

2018 IPA New York Professional 1st Place Architecture

2018 Lens Culture Black and White Awards Editors Pick

2013 Sony World Photography of the Year Shortlist Architecture

furthermore approx. 50 other Award in different competitions