A speedlight, a Naked Bike, and a Currywurst Walk into a Wind Tunnel
A chance encounter in a lunch queue leads to a technical photography session at the University of Siegen’s wind tunnel, documen...
…I know what to do and I do what it takes.
I have more than a decade of experience in industrial, academic, science and corporate photography, providing my clients with pictures that strengthen their visual identity.
After graduating from university, I first set up and then headed the Corporate Communications of an IT startup in Vienna. I also headed the communication for ZESS, an interdisciplinary research institute in sensor systems.
In addition, at ZESS I worked as staff photographer and started to specialise in academic and scientific photography. I quickly noticed that holding a PhD myself means that I can speak the same langauage as the researchers.
This enables me to understand your needs exactly, so I can to translate them into photography that is as true to your subject as it is informative and beautiful.
In the end, it is this unique background that makes it so much easier for me to get you the visuals you need – every time!
A chance encounter in a lunch queue leads to a technical photography session at the University of Siegen’s wind tunnel, documen...
Discover how technical precision, compositing, and strategic consultancy created impactful campaign imagery in the 2025 elections.
Portraits of Joy Wangechi Muriithi and Stella Kemboi during their CARS research stay, documenting the international collaborati...
Photographing a Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy Setup: An exploration of conflicting spatial demands and the interdisciplinary...
Exploring the intersection of high-level research and visual strategy: Dr. Jan Söhlke captures Europe's unique PVD system, focu...
A look at the researcher behind the CARS instrumentation. A study of focus and professional trust in science photography at ZES...
A photographical look at capturing nonlinear four-wave mixing and the precision of optical delay lines in a CARS laser setup.
Explore how a strategic approach to photography elevated the brand identity for coaching agency Sunny Monday – from location sc...
Hunting for variety within the familiar: Maintaining visual diversity in corporate portraiture within a fixed architectural env...
You are looking for a photographer who will strengthen your visual identity or you have an industrial, academic, or corporate photography project in mind you’d like to discuss? Get in touch, and we’ll make it happen:
I shoot on location in labs, factories, and research facilities, working with genuine curiosity for the processes and the people running them.
With more than a decade of experience in industrial, science, and corporate photography, I also bring an understanding of the world I shoot in to every assignment – earned through completing a PhD and years heading communications across research, business, and startup environments.
What I enjoy about product photography is that through spending time with an object that otherwise gets overlooked as a mere utility, beauty can be found in unexpected places.
Making the extraordinary within the ordinary visible for others always is a very exciting process.
In the words of Arnold Newman, Portrait photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
It never ceases to amaze me how, by moving some furniture around and thus creating a carefully designed context for the subject, photography can condense the many facets of a personality into a still image.
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