Walter Schönenbröcher was born in 1964 in Bergisch Gladbach and grew up in Cologne.

[1] From 1984 to 1990 he studied mathematics and economic sciences at RWTH Aachen and Technische Universität Berlin, which he stopped when he founded his first IT company.

He moved from early nature and architectural photography to portrait photography, taking on jobs for public figures from film, music, politics, sports and business.

From 2010 to 2016 Walter Schönenbröcher grew his portfolio at Vogue Italia to over 230 pictures and his work was honored with a total of ten "BEST OF" titles.

In September 2016, he married German composer and singer Kathrin Clara Jantke.