Born in 1960, married. Travel organizer, photographer, artist, author, fasting retreat leader.
I grew up in a small village on the River Spree, in the Oberlausitz region of former East Germany – surrounded by heathlands, fishponds, forests, and open meadows. As a young man I moved first to East Berlin, then – before the fall of the Berlin Wall – to West Berlin. Since the mid-1990s, I have been traveling regularly to faraway places, especially to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. By now, it has been well over a hundred journeys.
Today I live with my family in the Spreewald, at the edge of the biosphere reserve, in a wide river landscape. Nature, alongside the people closest to me, is my deepest source of strength – and my most important teacher.
The photo above was taken at Mt. Everest in Tibet.
On my earliest journeys abroad, I discovered a deep passion for photography – later also for videography. It was the wish to hold onto fleeting moments, to shape them in a way that could be shared.
Over the years, this has grown into a wide archive of images and film sequences, filled with landscapes, encounters, and stories. A selection can be seen on Worlds Images:
After my first long journey through Southeast Asia in 1994/95, I founded "Exotische Reisen" ("Exotic Journeys"). For many years I organized and personally guided trips to destinations around the globe. Even today, I occasionally still lead small groups myself.
A serious health crisis in the early 1990s led me to fasting, fasting retreats, and a more conscious diet with natural foods. From this personal experience grew my first seminars in the late 1990s – later co-created and guided together with my wife, Katja.
Until my mid-thirties, painting and drawing were central to my creative work, with exhibitions in Germany and neighboring countries. Later, photography came to the forefront and opened new ways of artistic expression.
In my books I share insights into health, nutrition, and culture, interwoven with personal reflections. They invite readers to see life’s connections with greater clarity – and to discover perspectives for health, freedom, and inner balance.