Always being impressed by realistic, unmanipulated pictures, despite the trend of improving not only photos, but reality itself, I developed a philosophy, maybe even a credo in taking pictures of the world and its people with maximal authenticity.

Not always nice and clean, but I kind of fell in love with discovering the beauty within realism.
Every single image embedded on my website was made without using artificial lightning, like flash or reflectors - a technique widely known as "available light photography".

Additionally, I always cover the story behind my pictures, related to a journalistic intention, meaning I'm not only photographing people, but finding out something about them; To me it's very important trying to include the personality of a character in a picture, adding a emotional component.

In summer of 2010 I worked for three months as an intern for "The Daily Star" in Beirut, Lebanon.

In summer of 2011, I was in Egypt to produce a long-term reportage about the garbage collectors and the coptic-christian community of Cairo.
I visited Libya in August as well, including Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Brega, Ras Lanuf, and Bin Jawad.

Also, I teached myself how to shoot and cut videos, and I made a small movie about the Libyan rebels conquering Bin Jawad:
http://vimeo.com/30839559
 

In order to continue my work, I always seek for new possibilities to fund my projects,
so if you want to help me to do so or if you can pass on my contacts to interested individuals, please get in touch with me.

Current location: Berlin, Germany