BORN AND RAISED IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA, I SPENT MOST OF MY ADOLESCENCE IN EUROPE BEFORE PACKING MY THINGS AND MOVING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. I LIVED AND WORKED IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ, SUDAN, LIBERIA, IVORY COAST AND LEBANON. CURRENTLY BASED IN DUBAI, WITH A JOB IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, MY DAY CONSISTS OF MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS. PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY WAY TO BRING SILENCE AND DECELERATION INTO AN OTHERWISE HECTIC LIFESTYLE.
IF I WAS TO LABEL MY STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THEN IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE STREET NOIR . I SEEK TO EMPHASIZE THE DARK SOUL OF PEOPLE, OBJECTS AND PLACES. I STRIVE FOR IMAGES THAT HAVE THAT EDGY, RAW, QUIRKY OR JUST PLAIN DARK LOOK. I APPRECIATE AND CHASE BEAUTY IN THE CONVENTIONAL, SOCIETAL DEFINITION OF THE WORD, AS WELL AS IN THE CONTROVERSIAL AND PROVOKING SENSE.
MY STYLISTIC PASSION IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY. WHILE CERTAIN IMAGES WORK BETTER IN COLOR AS IT CAN ACCENTUATE IMPORTANT ASPECTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNNOTICED, I PREFER B&W FOR ITS ELEGANCE AND TIMELESS LOOK. NOTHING REDUCES AN OBJECT MORE DOWN TO ITS ESSENCE, THAN A PERFECT SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. TO ME, BLACK AND WHITE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF COLOR, BUT A MERE REDUCTION TO THE TWO OPPOSING ENDS OF THE COLOR SPECTRUM.
THIS SITE CONTAINS SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS I HAVE TAKEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. TO ME THEY HAVE STORIES TO TELL. THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN TAKEN DURING MEMORABLE MOMENTS, OR THEY THEMSELVES HAVE CREATED MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR ME.
I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SHARE MY WORK WITH YOU AND I INVITE YOU TO GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE.
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