Field Notes I 2026

It has been a (long) while, so it is about time to revive my newsletter. In the meantime I have relocated from Siegen to the old house we bought in Telgte near Münster, which provides a lot of surprises and ample type 2 fun (occasionally bordering on type 3), I have redone my website and started getting a foothold in my new, beautiful and very welcoming community!

Here’s what I have been up to in the past months photographically:

Science & Academia

PVD

Wind Tunnel

Corporate & Industrial

Hannes

Titia

Forestry Worker Stefan Blanke cutting a birch with his Stihl Chainsaw
Forestry worker Stefan Blanke cutting a birch with his Stihl chainsaw

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Head of Finance at University of Siegen, Thomas Wienkamp, in his office shortly before retiring
Thomas Wienkamp, head of finance at University of Siegen, in his office

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My Portfolios

Industrial & Science Portfolio

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 bring a genuine understanding of the world I shoot in – earned through completing a PhD and years heading communications across research, business, and startup environments.

Product Portfolio

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.

Portrait Portfolio

In the words of Arnold Newman, Portrait photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.

It never ceases to amaze me how, by creating a carefully designed context for the subject (or: by moving some furniture around), photography can condense the many facets of a personality into a single image.