2023 Appointment to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) Since 2020 Director of the International Photography School 2017-2019 Creative Coordinator of the Neue Schule für Fotografie 2015-2017 First Chairman of the International Academy of Photography (IAPh e.V.) 2014 Initiator of the International Class at the Neue Schule für Fotografie 2013 Winning the International Photo Contest “My Secret Life ” by C/O Berlin 2011 Highly Recommendation European Architectural Photography Prize 2007-2020 Lecturer for photography at the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin 2001 Appointment to the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA) 1999 Scientific Prize for Design, Sparkasse Essen 1998 Diploma with excellence, University Essen 1995 Kodak-European-Panorama-Award for Photography 1994-1995 Scholarship at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (NL) 1991-1998 Studies of photography University GH Essen (Folkwang) 1967 Born in Stuttgart