• 1950 born in Boßdorf (Saxonia-Anhalt)
  • 1970-1971 study at the University of Applied Sciences for Chemistry in Merseburg
  • 1971-1973 assistant of photographer Ludwig Schirmer, Berlin
  • 1973-1978 study of photography at the Academy of Graphic and Book Design in Leipzig
  • since 1978 freelance work as a photographer
  • 1979-1981 aspirant at the photography division of the HGB Leipzig
  • 1990 co-founder of „OSTKREUZ – photographers agency“
  • 2004 founder of the „Ostkreuzschule – School for Photography“ in Berlin with Thomas Sandberg
  • publications in various German and international magazines, book projects and exhibitions
  • lives in Lehnitz, close to Berlin


Exhibitions (Selection)

  • 2012
    2011
    2010
    2009
    2005    „Monalisen der Vorstaedte“, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
    „Monalisen der Vorstaedte“, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany
    „The City. Becoming and Decaying“, collective exhibition 
at C/O Berlin, Germany
    „OSTZEIT – Stories from a vanished country“, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
    „Walter Benjamin and the art of the present“, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; group exhibition „Neueinstellung. Images of Germany – 17 Photographic Positions”, Pfefferberg, Berlin; collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute
  • 2002/2005 „Augenblicke – Augenzeugen. Bilder aus Berlin” (Instants – Eye Witnesses. Pictures from Berlin); collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute, Gorkij Literature Museum Nischnij Nowgorod, Architects Association Perm; Goethe-Institute Milan
  • 2000 „Oestlich von Eden“ (East from Eden), Fridericianum, Kassel; collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ
  • 1999 „Oestlich von Eden. Von der DDR nach Deutschland 1974-1999” (East from Eden. From the German Democratic Republic to Germany 1974-1999), Postfuhramt und Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Berlin; collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ in Mexiko and culture cities worldwide
  • „Positionen zur Farbfotografie – Das Menschenbild“, (Positions to colour photographie – The picture of a human being), Kunst und Medienzentrum, Berlin; group exhibition
  • 1997 „Berlin-Bilder” (Berlin-Pictures), Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin; collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ
  • 1993 „Aufbruch nach Deutschland. OSTKREUZ-16 Fotoessays” (Breakup to Germany. OSTKREUZ – 16 photo essays), Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin; Gruner + Jahr Verlagshaus, Hamburg; PPS, Duesseldorf; Kongresshaus Magdeburg; Schloss Wolfsburg; collective exhibition of OSTKREUZ
  • 1989 „Ausgeblendete Realitaet" (Faded-Out Reality), fashion photography in the GDR, Vienna; group exhibition
  • 1988 „Modefotografien aus 3 Jahrzehnten“ (fashion photography from three decades), Berlin; group exhibition
  • 1987 „Puppen“ (dolls), Galerie Hans Marchwitza, Potsdam; group exhibition
  • 1986 „Werner Mahler", Gallerie G.-W.-Leibnitz-Klub, Leipzig; solo exhibition
  • 1984 „Fans", Gallery Gosenschaenke, Halle; group exhibition
  • 1983 „Photographs", Galerie Sophienstraße 8, Berlin; group exhibition
  • 1979 „Drushbatrasse“, cultur centers of the German Democratic Republic in Bruessel, Budapest, Prague, Stockholm, Warsaw; group exhibition
  • 1978 „Fotos Werner Mahler", Vilnius, Lithuania; VEB Maxhuette, Unterwellenborn; solo exhibition


Book Participations (Selection)

  • 2010
    2009
    2005     „The City. Becoming and Decaying“, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany
    „OSTZEIT – Stories from a vanished country“, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany
    „Neueinstellung. Deutschlandbilder – 17 Fotografische Positionen”, Edition Braus, Heidelberg
  • 1999 “Oestlich von Eden: Von der DDR nach Deutschland. 1974-1999”, Christian-Brandstaetter-Verlag, Wien
  • „Balladen, Blues und Rocklegenden“, Rockbuchverlag Buhmann und Haeseler, Schluechtern
  • 1998 „Sibylle – Modefotografie aus der DDR“, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin
  • 1996 „Berlin. Zwischen den Zeiten", Nicolai Verlag, Berlin
  • 1993 „Aufbruch nach Deutschland", Nicolai Verlag, Berlin