My later Mentor Thomas Degen, who was a known fashion photographer, sparked my love for painting with light.
He only made his money with fashion, but in his heart he was a true artist. Sadly only a small fraction of his works has ever been on display. Especially his late works have never seen the light outside of his studio-basement.
Thomas experienced extraordinary adventures in the 70ies-80ies, most of his stories took place in a world which doesn’t exist anymore – Experiences which are no longer possible today. Talking to him was like a history lesson. In fact I learned everything I know about history from him.
Some of the stories I share on this site are in honour of Thomas, as he is sadly no longer able to tell them himself.
We even startet building an Art Agency together, called KALEIDOS which is not active at the moment due to his death. I inherited his whole archive containing 10s of thousands of dias, negatives and prints, which I will gradually curate, digitize and exhibit.