Portrait nominee

The Buddhist monastic school system in Myanmar (Burma) is an old education system with a very long history. During a visit of a very old monastery located in Yangon I also had the opportunity to see some meditating monks. They were quite relaxed and didn’t even feel bothered by tourists who took some pictures. In Myanmar, it is perfectly normal for people to go into monasteries for temporary periods. The people of Myanmar communicate in their own language, wear their own style of, pray in their own way, receive treatment with their own traditional medicines, and perform their own rituals remaining as Myanmar as possible in every aspect.

I’m living in Hanover, Germany but I spend the vast majority of my spare time on the road and sometimes I even travel to the most remote reaches of the world. Photography has become my favorite hobby in the last 15 years and in the meantime my passion has grown.
My extensive scope of work includes Travel, Adventure, Wildlife, Landscape, Architecture and Street photography. Inspired by the powerful beauty and wonder of the natural world, I try to capture the best places I travel to and the people who make each place uniquely their own. Through my Canon lenses, I try to freeze the moments so that any person who is watching at my pictures becomes a travel companion.
My photography has been featured in several publications such as DigitalPhoto, fotofrum, Stern.de, FotoHeise and I was shortlisted and nominated in several photo contests around the world.