I became serious about photography around age 14 after finding out my eyesight was not good enough to become a commercial airline pilot - an early ambition after my first Trans-Atlantic flight - the one that took me from Germany to the United States. I had considered photography magic from the day I first saw my father develop his own film. It wasn't long before I began using photography as a means of self expression. English was becoming my second language and you could say photography became my third language. I was soon winning photo competitions, got published in...more