He studied History of Art, Philosophy and Medieval Latin in Munich and Heidelberg, (Master of Arts) and Painting Graphic Arts at the Academy of fine Arts, Karlsruhe Germany (Diploma 1989). He worked as press photographer for several Munich newspaper, since 2000 for the DDP news agency and from 2007 to 2008 as staff photographer for Getty Images, photo agency. Free lance photographer since November 2008, working for Getty Images, Life.com, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and private assignments