I'm a German photographer, originally from Münster, Westphalia, Having damaged my hearing at a young age and then developing severe tinnitus, I have struggled with verbal communication but I have always found fluency through photography.
I moved to New York aged 24 and lived in a former dance hall with artists in Harlem 125th and Lexington, the exact spot where Lou Reed waited for his man. I took on painting and decorating jobs, to fund my newly discovered love of photography, thanks to an eye-opening Garry Winogrand 80's exhibition at the Moma. I started taking photographs of street scenes in Manhattan with my Nikon before learning the technical skills I lacked by assisting established photographers.
By 93 I felt I was ready to branch out and created, with my newly acquired Pentax 6x7 camera, a portfolio of simple black and white studio portraits of my friends from the music and art scene.
I moved to London where I pretty much immediately started getting editorial commissions and became mostly known for fashion and portraits.
Finally accepting at the age of 57 that I'm no longer the fresh-faced kid in town, I left East London and moved to Hastings where my partner and I restor
