A Brief Biography In Spanish
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Nací en Russion en Alemania del este en 1940.
Experimenté y presencié cosas horribles durante y después de la guerra cuando Alemania del Este estaba bajo el yugo ruso, lo cual me provocó un tremendo impacto en mi percepción de la vida.
En 1953, mi madre y yo escapamos al Sur de Berlín. En mi cumpleaños 16 mi madre me obsequió mi primera cámara fotográfica con una caja llena de películas levemente dañadas que sobrevivieron a un incendio en la tienda donde ella trabajaba, mi madre me ayudó a procesar todas mis fotografías sin un costo adicional. Desde entonces me enganché en la fotografía.
Después de graduarme en la Escuela de Artes en Stuttgart, Alemania, conseguí trabajo como ayudante de un fotógrafo. Después de dos años fuí promovido para dirigir la fotografía de la compañía. Fué un logro importante contar con el estudio más grande de fotografía en Ulm donde me especialicé en autorretratos, bodas y fotografía técnica.
Me enlisté en la armada de USA en 1961 donde fuí gratamente sorpendido al ser enviado a Ulm, Alemania donde había vivido antes de ir a Estados Unidos. Me convertí en el fotógrafo del frente de combate de la primera división de infantería.
Cuando salí del Ejercito y desde entonces me he desarrollado como fotógrafo independiente.
Mi esposa y yo nos enamoramos de Cancun y nos mudamos permanentemente en Septiembre del 2009. Ahora tengo la oportunidad de pasar mis días con lo que amo.... la fotografía. Cancun es verdaderamente la perla de México y tiene una serie interminable de hermosos paisajes, vida salvaje, arquitectura y lo mejor, su hermosa gente.
Una cosa muy buena resultó de mis experiencias deprimentes en mi infancia... tengo una gran apreciación de toda la belleza que existe en el mundo y tengo la oportunidad de ilustrarlo con mis fotografías. Me llena de una gran alegría y me permite compartirla con todos...
After the 1936 Olympics the stadium near Berlin was used by the German Army. In December of 1940 I was born in the Olympic Athletes housing area in the same dorm where Jessie Owens had stayed and that is why my mother was under the false assumption that I would turn out to be an athlete.
I experienced and witnessed horrible things during the war and after the war when East Germany was under Russian occupation; all of which had a tremendous impact on my perception of life. In 1953, my mother and I escaped to West Berlin.
For my sixteenth birthday my mother gave me my first camera and a box full of smoke and fire damaged film from a fire at a photo shop where she worked. I began taking photos of everything that moved, and didnt move, because my mother was able to process all the photos at work for free. I was hooked on photography. After graduating from the School of Higher Arts in Stuttgart, Germany I was able to get a job as a photographers assistant. Within two years I was promoted to head photographer of the company. It was the largest photography studio in Ulm so that was quite an achievement. I specialized in portrait, wedding and technical photography.
In 1960, I emigrated to St Paul, Minnesota. I worked at the Kenneth Wright Photo Studio and was the only photographer at the scene when the St. Paul Hotel burned down in the middle of winter. I got some fantastic shots of firemen with icicles on their helmets and fire trucks and equipment covered with ice.
I enlisted in the US Army in 1961 to avoid being drafted. Because I voluntarily joined the army, I was promised the opportunity to be stationed in Europe. I was pleased to find out that I was being sent to Ulm, Germany where I had lived prior to going to America. I became the battalion photographer for the 1st Infantry Division.
After my discharge from the Army I became a freelance photographer and have continued to do so since then. Prior to moving to Cancun, I lived in Phoenix, Arizona where I specialized in shooting fitness models and runway shows. I also had the opportunity to shoot the magnificent landscape in Arizona. I have had a number of my photographs of models and landscapes published in local magazines.
My wife and I fell in love with Cancun after vacationing here for the past ten years and moved here permanently in September, 2009. I now have the opportunity to spend my days doing what I love......photography. Cancun is truly the pearl of Mexico and has an endless array of beautiful landscapes, wild life and architecture, in addition to the beautiful people. There is an endless supply of subjects for my photography.
A very good thing resulted from my dismal childhood experiences in Germany......I have a great appreciation of all the beauty that exists in the world and have the opportunity to illustrate that with my photography. It brings me great joy and allows me to share that joy with others.
