Born in Austria with parents coming from Germany and the Netherlands. At the age of six he moved with his mother to Munich where he spent most of his life until he finished high school with a year as an exchange student in New York. Then he moved to Paris to assist at the Pin-Up Photostudio for many reknown photographers and made his own first steps in the field of photography. After graduating from Miami Adschool in Fashion Photography and Editorial Design he moved back to Europe where he still lives and works.