Artist Statement

I consider myself photographer first, and artist second. For me they are not one and the same, as the artist only emerges from my first passion, that of photography.

Born in Germany, I have resided in Adelaide, South Australia since the age of two. I had the fortune & opportunity, in my early years, to learn the basics of both black & white film photography and darkroom technique, and discovered a deep fascination and love of photography very early on. Already then, I found photography an exciting pursuit, one, that for me, was all about chasing and harnessing the elusive qualities of light, (light being the one element on which the entire art of photography depends), and about encapsulating fleeting moments that would remain forever... more than just a memory.

As a creative pursuit, photography was beyond my reach in my earlier years. I have since reignited my love affair with the camera, and with photography as an artistic pursuit, due in part to the advent of the digital medium, but mostly because those early lures and fascinations with the medium never left me.

Over the past years I have developed my photographic skills through extensive and almost obsessive practice, and have self educated via extensive reading of net based information, photographic magazines, books and internet forums, in relation to both photography & post processing procedures. There is still much to learn, but I continue to find this medium so incredibly challenging & rewarding.

My subject material is extremely eclectic by nature, so not confined to one particular style. My photography and creative vision encompasses a broad spectrum of themes and genres, ranging from the purely decorative to the emotional transporting, dramatic and evocative, and at times, attempts to reach beyond just the see able, into the realms of what might be.