„All art is quite useless.“
- Oscar Wilde

Art and especially photography has different meanings for everybody. It is a very own view of the world. Sometimes you observe, or you annotate or manipulate the reality.
The technique is a variable in this connection. Just black and white photography develops a certain level of aesthetics. Explicit lines and forms and the play of light and shadows arouse the aesthetics of the photo.
This site is called ForeignLight. 'Cause without sunlight, which has travelled some distance on it’s way to earth, the photography were not possible. The sun is able to make things visible on earth, although it is far away from our planet. Light is the elixir of life for photography. Because of this, I only work with natural light and so conserve a piece of authenticity.
But ForeignLight also means to get external insights. Whether foreign cities like Paris, Brussels, Hamburg or Berlin, in which you can explore the specific in ordinary things. Where passers-by take an astonished look at what I am photographing right now. And of course there are images from home, especially black and white photos of Cologne.
In photography the picture becomes a moment which is captured and the camera becomes some kind of “third eye”. Every picture is a part of reality. The photography becomes a language, a language beyond the word. Every photographer has its own language.

This is my one.

What kind of equipment do you use?
I mainly shoot 35mm film with a Canon EOS 30V SLR. I prefer primes, especially the 50mm f1.4.

Do you use digital cameras?
No, not for serious photography. In cases where time is short I sometimes use a digital camera.

What kind of film do you use?
Most of my films are black and white, produced by Ilford (FP4 , HP5, some PanF for architecture). Fuji Superia Reala for the colourful moments in life.

Do you photograph for hire?
No, but you may suggest a place/motiv which I might shoot.

Why do you sell your prints on the web?
It is the best way of selling my pictures internationally. It is convenient for the customer and I can reach more people than in a gallery.