Faces & Crafts

Markus grew up behind the Iron Curtain in former Eastern Germany. He was introduced to visual arts and illustrations at an early age. He started making pencil and watercolour drawings, developed an appreciation for light and composition, and used imagery as a way to express himself.

With the arrival of his first camera, he adapted his creative skills to the art of photography. What started as a childhood hobby has turned into a lasting and ongoing dialogue between the artist behind the lens and the world around him.

After college Markus moved to Ireland. Inspired by the beauty of the west coast he set up his permanent home in Kinvara together with his wife and daughter.

Markus has turned his passion into a full-time career and now works as a Portrait & Wedding Photographer in Ireland and abroad. With his positive energy and fine-tuned people-skills, combined with an open and unobtrusive approach, he resolutely captures his subjects' true
emotions.

The inspiration for this ongoing photographic project was his desire to better get to know the people of Kinvara and to authentically capture them in powerful, unstaged portraits in their everyday work environment.

He's found this project a very rewarding experience.