1959 born in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany
1981-1986 studied communication design in Augsburg
1986-1988 studied philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Work
1988-1996 "Süddeutsche Agrarlandschaften"
1994-1999 "Polaroid"
1994-2002 "Wasserfall"
1999-2002 "Unter dem Licht des Nordens" Iceland
2003-2006 "Broken line" Greenland
2007-2008 "Above Zero", Greenland

Awards
2008 Lead Award
2007 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis for/für Broken Line
2006 Unter dem Licht des Nordens/Under the Nordic Light nominated for best books at Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie
2006 Unter dem Licht des Nordens/Under the Nordic Light nominated for Deutsche Fotobuchpreis
2006 Grant for the project "Broken Line" from the Kulturwerk VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
2005 Awarded the photography prize of Bayrischer Journalisten-Verband

Publications
2009 Above Zero, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009, Germany
2008 Visual Leader 2008 (exh.cat)
2008 Day of Ascension, The New York Times Magazine, Issue Fall 2008
2008 Verschwindende Landschaften/Vanashing Landscapes, DuMont, Cologne 2008
2007 Broken Line, Hatje Cantz. Ostfildern 2007. Germany
2007 Geo, Feb.2007 (Portfolio)
2006 Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, New York
2006 The New Yorker, November 20
2005 Olaf Otto Becker, Under The Nordic Light, Schaden.com, Cologne
2005 Stuttgarter Fotosommer 2005, Stuttgart (exh. cat)
2005 Süddeutsche Zeitung Wissen, 4, (Portfolio)
2004 Wasser in der Kunst. Vom Mittelalter bis heute, Städt. Galerie Überlingen (exh. cat)