1949 Born in Berka/Wipper, Thuringia
1968 High School, Runge High School, Oranienburg
1969 – 1974 Studied photography, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
Since 1974 Freelance photographerSince then numerous solo exhibitions
1981 Member of the VBK (Association of Visual Artists)
1990 Founding member of OSTKREUZ agency of photographersSince then numerous joint exhibition projects
2000 – 2015 Professor of photography at University of Applied Sciences (HAW), Hamburg
Since 2005 Lecturer at the Ostkreuzschule for photography, Berlin
Since 2009 Collaborative artistic photographic projects with Werner Mahler
2014 «Ute Mahler und Werner Mahler: Werkschau», Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2014 «Die seltsamen Tage», Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg
2011 «Monalisen der Vorstädte», Gallery Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin
2015 «25 Years Ostkreuz», BETC, Paris
2012 «Über Grenzen», Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2010 «Die Stadt», CO-Berlin, Berlin
2015 «Die seltsamen Tage», artist book, edition of 50, self-published
2014 «Ute Mahler und Werner Mahler: Werkschau», Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
2011 «Monalisen der Vorstädte», Meier & Müller, Berlin
2015 «25 Years Ostkreuz», Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
2012 «Über Grenzen», Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
2010 «Die Stadt», Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
I do not want to be distracted. Doing something else at the same time doesn’t work.
So, either I go for a walk or I go take pictures. I cannot do both.
To make really good pictures, you have to be completely in the matter.
«Kleinstadt»
«Zusammenleben»