I was born in Augsburg, Germany. My mother is German, my father was Polish. I have lived permanently in the United States since I was ten and in Baltimore, Maryland since 1978. I started late, buying my first camera at Sears when I was twenty-seven. I am self-taught and photograph mostly the places where people live and interface - directly or indirectly - with nature. My work has been shown at a number of national galleries and venues including the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, DE; The Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, CO; and the C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore.