1964
Born in Munich, Germany
1987
Start of his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany
1989
Continued his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class of Fritz Schwegeler
1992
Cité des Arts, Paris, Frankreich
1993
M.A. in Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1995
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1996
Krupp von Bohlen Halbach Award for Contemporary photography
1997
Schmidt-Rottluff Laureate for Fine Art
1997
Award of the Regional Capital of Munich for Photography
1998
DG-Bank Award for Artistic Photography
2003
Recontres d’Arles Award
Scholarship at the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo
2010
Getty Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles
2011
Professor at the HFBK Hamburg with focus on photography
2018
"Großer Kunstpreis" of the state of Berlin
2021
"Kulturpreis" of the state of Bavaria