© Taro| 1962 | happy childhood in bochum-wattenscheid |
| 1982–1987 | part-time jobs and travel across all continents |
| 1987–1989 | evening school (a-level) in bochum |
| 1989–1992 | photography degree at university of essen (prediploma) |
| 1992–1994 | continuation of degree at the fh muthesius in kiel |
| 1994–1997 | hamburg: workshops and assistant roles for wolfgang wilde, walter scheels and hans starck |
| 1997–2019 | living and working from hamburg |
| 2020 | bochum (palma/ib) |
portraits and features for magazines such as stern, spiegel, bam´s, taz, geo, 11 freunde, zeit, the guardian, national geographic, journal du dimanche ….
exibitions
2011 freelens group „one day in germany“ goethe institut/kabul
2012 participation „taylor wessing portrait prize“ national portrait gallery/london
2012 „gold, you can do more…“ british consulat/berlin
2017 personal documentary „punk im alter_die kassierer“ unerhört filmfest /hamburg
2018 photobook „superreal punk“
2018 „superreal punk“ ping pong gallery/bochum
2019 „superreal punk“ photobastei/ zürich
2019 „superreal punk“ pixelprojekt/gelsenkirchen
2023 freelens group „“ mahlzeit deutschland “ landesmuseum koblenz
2023 „BOwie 83“ ping pong gallery /bochum