1989 to today

Independent photographer concentrating on environmental portraiture and documentary photo essays for magazines and in public relations.

Special field: Portraiture of personalities and leaders in business and industry, politics + administration.
Visual image consulting.

1985-1988

• staff photographer for the international news agency REUTERS in Berlin + Bonn.
• First accredited photo correspondent in former East Germany, based in West Berlin.
• International assignments throughout Europe, particularly in former Eastern Bloc countries.
• Long-term assignments included the Soviet Union with base in Moscow.

1983-1985

• Photo correspondent for the French photo agency GAMMA for Germany, covering news and features.
• Politics, demonstrations and disasters.
• Exclusive photographer for the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo's movie "L'as des As".
• Assignments for international magazines like Time, Newsweek, Gente, Paris Match, L'Express.

1980-1983

• Freelance photographer for U.S. news agency ASSOCIATED PRESS in Frankfurt.
• The wedding of Prince Charles to Diana Princess of Wales (July 1981).
• The return of the US hostages from Iran (January 1981).
• Protracted violent demonstrations against the construction of a new runway at Frankfurt's Rhein-Main Airport (1981 - 1983).

1979

• Freelance photographer for the RHEIN-ZEITUNG newspaper in Koblenz.
• First foreign assignment in Burkina Faso, Africa.