Photography has been my companion and my friend beginning in my late teenage years.
I have always been creative, and spent many childhood hours drawing and painting. Early in my childhood traveling had an impact on me. Growing up near the airport in Zurich, Switzerland – my father’s employer – we often traveled to distant places and continents. Later I continued to travel on my own to Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Iceland, South Africa, Zimbabwe and almost every other year to Mauritius, Indian Ocean – my father’s native home. The camera was always a welcome partner.
Both of my homes, Switzerland and Mauritius, are precious to me.
Born and raised in Switzerland I love the country for its natural beauty, a hiker’s paradise, a prescious jewel. Mauritius is a green diamond in the Indian Ocean, in love with its tropical climat, multicultural diversity and atmosphere, ocean and sunshine year around.
In 1997 I won the green card lottery and added another „culture“ into my life;
I immigrated to the United States. Boston was my first destination, then San Francisco and eventually I settled down in Georgia. My experience in America is an important chapter of my life. For two years I studied photography at The Creative Circus in Atlanta. I
grew not only creatively, but spiritually as well. During and after my studies I exhibited photographs in several solo and group exhibitions, I assisted various photographers (i.e.
for National Geographic Traveler Magazine), worked with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, (a nationally recognized month long annual celebration of photography) and as photography instructor. Furthermore,
I published photographs in numerous magazines and colaborated on a book project („Sprengen Sie den Rahmen“ by Ulrike Stedtnitz / Orell Füssli).
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