photography is an interest that has been fading in and out of my life from the early childhood days. But for some reason it never materialised and there were always obstacles in the way: the un-affordability of my first black and white prints, the cancellation of the school photography club many years later (I was the only one interested) and the lack of luck to have a photographer in my life teaching the miracles of image creation. But maybe that is just some excuses. Maybe I was simply not ready.

With the dawn of digital photography however suddenly many puzzle pieces fell into place: photography took place on a medium that I understand and like, a darkroom changed from a dark room smelling like various chemicals and solvents to something I could grasp due to its' digital format. And with the Internet there are thousands of interesting and skilled photographers at my fingertips to exchange thoughts with or just learn from their images. And this was the point when my photographic journey started.

Photography has been a roller coaster trip for my brains: why do I photograph and what do I photograph? And how do I photograph it? And I learned, that I like the details of this world. Simple things that most people walk past. Old things. Many subjects. But in the end, it does not really matter: I don't want to just take photographs. I want to be taken by a photograph. The subject is secondary.