Social documentary photographer / photojournalist born in Berlin, Germany in 1987.
In early 2015 I graduated from Humboldt University of Berlin, where I received my Bachelor’s degree in Southeast Asia studies and Philosophy.
During these days I started to make my first serious photographic attempts and fell in love with visual language and expression.
After graduating my focus turned solely on photography.
Currently I am focussing on a personal longterm project about the lives and societies in Zomia (upland Southeast Asia / China / India) entitled „Mountainland“.
Represented by Redux Pictures and available for assignments worldwide.
Publications
The Diplomat / Asia Times / The News Lens / Exit / Private Magazine / Silvershotz / Dodho Magazine / P3 /Positive Magazine / Photogrvphy / UnFrame / F-Stop Magazine / Float / Edge of Humanity / Kontinente / CTXT / Heinrich Böll Foundation
Awards/ Nominations
2017 Fix Photo Festival Award: Selection
2017 Head On Portrait Prize: Finalist
2017 Days Japan International Photojournalism Award: Finalist
2016 International Photographer of the Year: Honorable Mention, Photojournalism / Story
2016 Monochrome Awards: Honorable Mention, People
2016 Tokyo International Foto Awards: Honorable Mention, Editorial-Photo Essay
2016 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: Honorable Mention, Portraiture/Culture
2016 International Photography Awards: Honorable Mention, Family of Man, Old Age
2016 International Photography Awards: Honorable Mention, Photo Essay and Feature Story
2016 Open Hands Initiative – Lens On Social Justice: Finalist
2015 International Photographer of the Year: Honorable Mention (2x), Photojournalism / Story and Portrait
2015 Moscow International Foto Awards: First Place, Portfolio-Personal
2015 Travel Photographer of the Year: Finalist
Exhibitions – Group
2017 Photo Ireland Festival – Dublin, Ireland
2017 Fix Photo Festival – London, UK
2017 Head On Photo Festival – Sydney, Australia
2017 Göttingen-Pune Outreach Center – Pune, India
2016 Driving Forces -Pondy Art – Pondicherry, India
Exhibitions – Solo
2017 Antiparos International Photo Festival – Antiparos, Greece: Mountainland: Vietnamese Photographs – North Northwest
