“Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
I was born in Morocco and raised half in England half in Germany. At the age of 22 I picked up a camera and after absolving an internship at the Pinewood Studios in London, I went on to study at the ICP ( International Center of Photography ) in New York. After various residencies in England, Scotland and Germany, I currently live in Hamburg.
My artistic development arises from an uprooting since I grew up in two worlds. In no world truly accepted ( in England I was German and vice versa) I started looking at my environment from a different angle. In my early years as a photographer, I depicted people in a disconnected manner from each other and from their surroundings. Later, I removed these individuals even further by leaving them out completely. The result would be somewhat empty and otherworldly. I had transferred my detachment to my observed environment and in return I was asking about its and my own meaning and existence.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
William Shakespeare
Macbeth
I was born in Morocco and raised half in England half in Germany. At the age of 22 I picked up a camera and after absolving an internship at the Pinewood Studios in London, I went on to study at the ICP ( International Center of Photography ) in New York. After various residencies in England, Scotland and Germany, I currently live in Hamburg.My artistic development arises from an uprooting since I grew up in two worlds. In no world truly accepted ( in England I was German and vice versa) I started looking at my environment from a different angle. In my early years as a photographer, I depicted people in a disconnected manner from each other and from their surroundings. Later, I removed these individuals even further by leaving them out completely. The result would be somewhat empty and otherworldly. I had transferred my detachment to my observed environment and in return I was asking about its and my own meaning and existence.
1996 London / Julie Bramwell Agency, Fashion Photographer
1998 Residency in Cullen/ Scotland Photography Project on Childhood
2001 Reportage in Iraq
2002 @KlausStiegemeyer Photographers , Fashion Photographer, Hamburg
2022 FIU, Free International University, Visual Arts, Hamburg
Publications
Elle, Style & the Family Tunes, SZ Magazine, 7th Man, Gala, GQ, Amica
Exhibitions
2010 “Untitled” Friday Rewind, Solo Show @ Play Rent Studios, Hamburg
2017 “Selfie Saints”, Solo Show, @ Luna Studios Hamburg
2021 “Walk tall and always carry a lightbulb”, Farbwerke M6, Solo Show, Hamburg
2022 “now I can see the moon” Paintings & Sculpture, Solo Show, M6 Galllery
2022 17.06-26.06 Re:Claim Kultur Festival , The Hidden Art Project, Groupexhibition
2022/ 10.12.-
2023 14.01. Anonyme Zeichner ( anonymous drwaings), Juried Groupexhibition, HYCP Veddel Space
2023 16.02. -19.03. “verLaufen”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023. 30.03. -16.03. “Worldwide Solutions ?”, Juried Groupexhibition, qvartr Gallery, Hamburg
2023 13.04. -14.05. “preisGeben”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023 03.08. -03.09. “gegenSätze”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023 28.09.-29.10. “Fehle(e)r”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
1998 Residency in Cullen/ Scotland Photography Project on Childhood
2001 Reportage in Iraq
2002 @KlausStiegemeyer Photographers , Fashion Photographer, Hamburg
2022 FIU, Free International University, Visual Arts, Hamburg
Publications
Elle, Style & the Family Tunes, SZ Magazine, 7th Man, Gala, GQ, AmicaClients
Mercedes, Valisere, Zero, Rodenstock, New Yorker, Tom Tailor, JOOP!, Belly ButtonExhibitions
2010 “Untitled” Friday Rewind, Solo Show @ Play Rent Studios, Hamburg
2017 “Selfie Saints”, Solo Show, @ Luna Studios Hamburg
2021 “Walk tall and always carry a lightbulb”, Farbwerke M6, Solo Show, Hamburg
2022 “now I can see the moon” Paintings & Sculpture, Solo Show, M6 Galllery
2022 17.06-26.06 Re:Claim Kultur Festival , The Hidden Art Project, Groupexhibition
2022/ 10.12.-
2023 14.01. Anonyme Zeichner ( anonymous drwaings), Juried Groupexhibition, HYCP Veddel Space
2023 16.02. -19.03. “verLaufen”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023. 30.03. -16.03. “Worldwide Solutions ?”, Juried Groupexhibition, qvartr Gallery, Hamburg
2023 13.04. -14.05. “preisGeben”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023 03.08. -03.09. “gegenSätze”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg
2023 28.09.-29.10. “Fehle(e)r”, Juried Groupexhibition, Xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg