Her father worked as a professor of communication design at the University of the Arts Bremen.

From 1988 to 1993, she studied graphic design with a focus on photography at the University of the Arts Bremen.

After graduation she moved to Berlin and started working internationally as a freelance photographer.

She has shot fashion stories and editorials for Elle, Vanity Fair, Madame Figaro, Vogue India.

She has made portraits of various Germans, international celebrities, fashion designers, and musicians; worked for fashion brands; and did advertising and campaign photography.