Born in the Lower Rhine region, Andrea studied social sciences in Wuppertal. After completing her photography training, she assisted. This was followed by numerous years travelling for magazines and campaigns such as F6, Ikea, Mobilcom, Telekom, Unicef, Velux, Volksfürsorge, etc.
She lives in Hamburg.
Her ability to capture distinctive moments of great intensity is the vision of her work and results in images and portraits that are authentic and genuine.
“Portraits are only fun for me when everyone drops their masks. The second glance makes it possible to reach the souls. This power only exists in photography and painting.
We play with social clichés. I want to charge all genres emotionally to make them more exciting. What are clichés without emotions?”
Clients:
Apollo, BUND, Citrix, DKMS, Dolp Medical, EWE, Diebels, Google, Gebrüder Heinemann GmbH, Hamburger Bürgerschaft, Ikea, Jacobs, Joey´s, LBS, Postbank, Renault, Smart, Siemens, Telekom, T-Mobile, Tesa, Terre des Hommes, Unicef, Volksfürsorge, Velux, Wrigley´s, …
Editorial:
Brigitte, Essen und Trinken, Emotion, ELLE, Focus, Freundin, jnc magazine, Lufthansa Magazin, Maxi, Marie Claire, Petra, Rolling Stone, Stern, Stern Gesund Leben, Textilwirtschaft, Trendsetter Magazine Istanbul, TV-Spielfilm, Via, Vital, Zeitwissen, ….
Exhibitions:
2022 „Seitensprünge” – Atelier Gausz, Hamburg
2015 „Wie im Flug – Traumgeschichten ohne Grenzen…!“ Galerie mare liberum, Hamburg
2014 „Unsere aufregensten Geschichten..!“ Galerie mare liberum, Hamburg
2013 „Friesenkalender“ Volksbank, Zetel
2013 „Welche Träume haben wir …?“ Galerie mare Liberum, Bücherhalle, Hamburg
2010 „Gängeviertel“, 6 Bauzäune verkleidet mit Portraits/ Reportagebildern
2010 „twice“, ( Sammlung Doppelportraits diverser Fotoreisen ),Wuppertal , ADA
2008 „China“ Bigoudi, Hamburg Aplanat-Galerie
2005 „Respekt“ Klubfoto Hamburg
2004 „Egotrip“, Christian Schüten, Hamburg Aplanat-Galerie
2004 „Gastspiel“ Salon, Hamburg
2004 „Nachts“ Klubfoto Hamburg Bunker Feldstrasse
2003 „Klischee“ Klubfoto, Hamburg Bunker Feldstrasse
2002 „twice“ Hamburg, Waagenbau
2002 „My parents“ Thai Kong, Kunsthaus Hamburg
1994 „DDR Reportage“, Wuppertal Galerie Basement