ENTRY DESCRIPTION
A young woman dancing in circles during the Yemanja festival in the state of Bahia, Brazil 2015.

AUTHOR
I was born in the city of Basel, Switzerland, in 1970. At the age of 18, I took my first serious pictures. Photography became a key medium for me to express myself. I studied economics and graduated with a Master degree. For several years now, I have been working in the automotive industry in leadership positions. I am married and a father of two lovely daughters.

Meanwhile, I have always passionately pursued photography. The focus of my work is documentary and street photography. In 1997, I changed to Black & White photography and I have hardly ever shot in color since. On many trips to various locations on five continents I have continuously worked on improving my skills as a photographer. I also attended different workshops by well known photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark, David Alan Harvey, Ernesto Bazan or Peter Turnley.

In the past, I have practiced the traditional wet darkroom techniques a lot, I used to develop all films by myself and to enlarge the pictures in my own darkroom in the basement. I used both 35 mm cameras and medium format. In 2005, I began to scan the negatives, edit them in Photoshop and make archival digital fine art prints. Two years later, I started using digital cameras.

I have also photographed musicians and concert performances for more than 10 years. Currently, I am working on a long-term project to document the Swiss Circus scene.

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