MICHAEL KERSTGENS Photography

Michael Kerstgens

‍1960 Born in Llanelli, South Wales, GB
1965 Move to Germany‍

1966-1979 School in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
Studies of Design and Photography at the University GHS Essen (Folkwang), Prof. Angela Neuke and Prof. Inge Osswald

1993 Graduated as a Diplom Designer with the project “Jewish Life in Germany”

1987 First assignments as a freelance photographer for national and international publishers and industries.

2001 Move to Westermoordorf/Ostfriesland

2002-2004 Guest-lecturer, University of applied Science OOWH, Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven

2005-2007 Lecturer / Photography, Faculty of Design, Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau

since 2007 Professor for Photography, Faculty of Design, Hochschule Darmstadt

since 2009 I live with my family in Oberhausen/Rheinland
and quietly drew myself to its broad expanse.