About

Where are you from originally?

Germany, born and raised.
Yes, I do speak German, I do not drink a lot of beer and I am not in love with The Hoff.

Why the drastic change from working in cancer research to photography?

I used to work at the German Cancer Research Center and University of Heidelberg in fruit fly laboratories specializing in microinjections with fly embryos. I enjoyed working in the science field but thought there had to be more in life than that 9 to 5 job, the same town and the same ole faces every single day.

I had been thinking about moving to the US since I was 16ish. I finally immigrated to Atlanta Georgia in 2005 and love it.

Why the squirrel?

When I first moved to the US I was bored to death without having a full time job. I decided to invest in my first SLR, sat in the backyard taking pictures of squirrels.

Soon after, I saw an ad in a local tattoo magazine looking for interns. I thought to my self that I had nothing to lose and applied with my portfolio of squirrels. I ended up getting hired right away having to cover a live band at a venue in Atlanta the very next night. Back then I had never photographed a concert, did not know my way around and barely knew more than how to turn my camera on.

Long story short, it all worked out great. Within the next two years I had shot numerous well known bands, tattoo conventions and models scattered through out the south. It was a fun learning by doing process.

Oh yeah and obviously my logo is in honor of those cute little fuzzy squirrels that inspired me to snap away.