About

Photography & me

I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer living in Salzburg, Austria. Seeing the world through a camera has always fascinated me. At the age of 10, I got my first camera from my father who also was an amateur photographer. Sometimes I was allowed to watch him in his darkroom and I still can remember the magic moment when the white paper suddenly turned into a photo. And I fondly remember listening to my parents’ debating about pictures. So photography also became one of my hobbies. But with the amount of new possibilities offered by the digital photography and Adobe Photoshop, the hobby became a passion.

From 2018 onwards, I began to purposefully evolve my photographic practice, culminating in my enrollment in the certificate program and subsequent diploma studies in „Applied and Artistic Photography“ (2020–2026) at the Prager Fotoschule in Linz. In addition, I further my education through annual workshops e.g. at the Salzburger FOTOHOF. In recent years, I have enjoyed success in several international photography competitions, including Close-Up Photographer of the Year, Amateur Photographer of the Year, and the Motiva Photo Art Festival, among others. I am also an active and enthusiastic member of Photocrowd.com, a global community of photographers. My work has additionally been shown in exhibitions.

If you want to get in contact with me, just write me an e-mail: uu.fotografie@gmail.com. I’m looking forward to it!

Awards & Exhibitions & Publications

Contests

  • APOY – Amateur Photographer of the Year:
    2025: 
    Category Open – Yellow Wave, 10th Place
    Category Black and White – Silage Bales, shortlisted
    Category Animal Kingdom – Cuddling Polar Woolves, Anhinga in the Everglades, shortlisted

    2024: 
    Category Open – Busy Crowd, Plastic Creatures, Agave Landscape shortlisted
    Category Macro – Just one Needle shortlisted
    Category Dusk to Dawn – Showroom of a car dealership – a big window to the dreams of many men (and women), Sunset takes place behind the warehouse shortlisted
    Category Travel – The Sunken Lounge, Ice Grotto shortlisted

    2023: 
    Category Architecture  – Modern Facade shortlisted
    Category Landscape  – Rocks.Ice.Fog shortlisted
    Category Travel  – Finally again …! shortlisted

    2022:
    Category Black & White – Rhinoceros and Evil Eye shortlisted
    Category Close-Ups – Water Striders 6th Place, Dahlia Bud Blossoming, Agave leaves abstract and Peonia Petals shortlisted
    Category Wildlife – Alligator Siesta and Cuddling Polar Wolves shortlisted

    2021    :
    Category Black & White – Wild Dahlia shortlisted
    Category Architecture – Modern Pyramids 9th Place
    Category Portrait – Evil Eye shortlisted
  • CUPOTY 03 / Close-up Photographer Year
    2024:
    Category Intimate Landscape – Jungle, Tidal Flats – shortlisted

    2023:
    Category Human made – Plastic Creatures shortlisted

    2021:
    Category Manmade – Eyeglasses shortlisted
  • OVF Staatsmeisterschaft 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023: finalist with 2 to 5 photos each time

Exhibitions

  • Linz, Prager Fotoschule, Exhibition presenting the Diploma Program’s final projects – Photo book: „Wohlstand verpflichtet! 12 Lifestyle Porträts“ (Wealth Obliges! 12 Lifestyle Portraits), April/July 2026
  • Linz, Prager Fotoschule, Group Exhibition “Heat”, March/April 2026 – Heat in the City (3)
  • Salzburg, bv art Berchtoldvilla, Group Exhibition “Mosaic of Networks”, November/December 2025 – Connections.Disruptions – A Photographic Composition in 4 Acts
  • Salzburg, bv art Berchtoldvilla, Group Exhibition “Ich seh‘ etwas, was du nicht siehst”, May 2025 – World of Drops
  • Salzburg, Kooperationsausstellung art bv Berchtoldvilla – Kerikeri, Neuseeland “100 x 100. Kleines Format ganz groß”, Berchtoldvilla, 7.3. – 24.4.2025 – Cheers to the Useful Little Things
  • Saalfelden, Exhibition „Verborgene Ästhetik“ (Hidden Aesthetics), together with Lisa Kschwendt (Zell am See); Galerie Scolarta HBLW 4.4. – 5.7.2024
  • Hartlauer Fotogalerie, Pöstlingberg/Linz: Ausstellung Du. Und Ich. In a hurry
  • Salzburg, Exhibition „Winter-Impressionen“, cooperation between Salzburger Fotoklub and Gruppo Fotografico Garbagnatese (Milano), 2022 (participation with 3 photos)
  • Participation in the SheClicks 2021 Exhibition in The Photography Show/CEWE, Birmingham 18 – 21 September 2021
  • Langenlois, Exhibition “Viva Dyonisos”, cooperation between Salzburger Fotoklub and Gruppo Fotografico „Il Cupolone“ (Florenz), November 2019 (participation with 4 photos)
  • Salzburg, Exhibition “Local Heroes”, cooperation between Salzburger Fotoklub and Cristina Garrone (Florenz), March-April 2019 (participation with 4 photos)
  • Reims, Exhibition “4 Elements”, cooperation between Visions et Reflets and Salzburger Fotoklub, April 2017 (participation with 4 photos)

PUBLICATIONS

  • Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2024. Revealing the Hidden Wonder of the World. Online Publication: www.cupoty.com
  • MOTIVA Photo Art Festibel. Luxury Edition I. 2024: My Hair is me, In a hurry, Ponderous yet elegant, Modern Pyramids
  • Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2023. The Best Pictures from the 5th Edition. Online Publication: www.cupoty.com
  • FOKUS FOTOGRAFIE – Meisterhaftes Sehen und Erfassen 2023. Ed. Österreichischer Verband der Fotografie, Wien: Ulm by Night, Balconies
  • Trierenberg Super Circuit. Luxury Edition XII. 2022. Ed. Fotoforum, Linz: Evil Eye, Flower Sheddes
  • Trierenberg Super Circuit. The Winner’s Collection 2022. Ed. Fotoforum/Dr. Hinterobermeier, Linz: Wild Dahlia
  • Fotostaatsmeisterschaft 2022. Ed. Österreichischer Verband der Fotografie, Wien: TWA-Hotel/New York
  • Fotostaatsmeisterschaft 2021. Ed. Österreichischer Verband der Fotografie, Wien: Modern Facade
  • Fotostaatsmeisterschaft 2020. Ed. Österreichischer Verband der Fotografie, Wien: Kormoran
  • Quintessenz Austria 2000 – 2020. Meisterwerke Österreichischer Fotografie. Ed. Fotoforum Event GmbH, Linz: Busy Crowd, Dragonfly Just Hatched