Five years later, the recruitment opportunities for teachers had improved significantly, so I became a teacher in southern Germany in line with my original career aspiration; first in Schongau and then in Weilheim i.Ob. In 1999, I was seconded by the Bavarian Ministry of Education to the State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research in Munich for three years, where I was head of the ethics department. From 2002, I then worked half time at Gymasium Weilheim and half time as the state-wide senior advisor for ethics for the Bavarian Ministry of Education.
During that time, I published literature concerning the didactics of philosophy and ethics, worked on the board of the AIPPh (Association Internationale des Professeurs de Philosophie) and in an EU Erasmus project. In 2018, I was invited to the World Congress of Philosophy in Beijing, where I gave two lectures and moderated two sessions of specialist groups.
I discovered photography in 2017 and it quickly became clear that I had found a passion. In recent years, my focus has been on urban photography, especially in Venice, London and Tokyo. In 2023 and 2024, I took part in international competitions (IPA, FAPA, TIFA, Monovision Awards, Chromatic Awards), in which I received a total of 22 awards, most recently as Winner (Gold) at the TIFA in the Architecture category.
In 2022, 2023 and 2024 I had pop-up galleries in Weilheim for 4 weeks each. I retired in summer 2024 so that I can now devote 100% of my time to photography. I moved to Wuppertal, where I have been running a large photo gallery together with a colleague since April 2025 (until October 2025). In June 2025 I took part in a master course with Todd Hido in Cosprons, France.
I have two sons aged 28 and 26.
« Buildings always tell the truth. They are testimony of people’s character, they express pride, anger, ignorance, love – everything humans are capable of expressing. » Thomas Struth
I was born on January 4, 1960 in Bielefeld, Germany. I spent the first 29 years of my life there. In 1987, I completed my studies in sports, English and philosophy to become a secondary school teacher. As it was almost impossible to find a job as a teacher in Germany at that time, I decided to go through a new vocational training program. I became a software developer and moved to Munich in 1989 to take up a position in a large insurance company.
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