Born 1952 in Mistelbach/Niederösterreich (Lower Austria),
1967 - 1974 Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna, a school for photography and art, thereafter teacher at the same school for 2 years
Since 1978 freelance photographer and writer
1983 - 1988 study of philosophie, history and soziology
1988 master degree in philosophy with a thesis "On Private Photography"
since 1988 numerous speeches "On Private Photography" at universities, museums, galleries

Publication of books:
"Bäume" ("Trees"), 1980
"Zum Abschied, zur Wiederkehr" ("For Farewell, for Return"), 1981
"Die Wolken der Wüste" ("The Clouds of the Desert"), 1983
"Dorf-Bilder" ("Village-Pictures"), 1983
"Die Sehnsucht der Pinguine" ("The Penguin's Longing"), 1992
"Ich bin ..." ("I am ..."), 1997
"Die Sehnsucht der Pinguine" ("The Penguin's Longing") new edition, 1999
"Tagebuch der Natur" ("Diary of Nature"), 2001
"Flughafen. Eine eigene Welt" ("Airport. An own City"), 2003
"Die Sehnsucht der Pinguine" ("The Penguin's Longing") new edition , 2004
"Bäume" ("Trees"), new edition, 2005

Various publications in magazines including:

Zoom, Photo, Extrablatt, Konkret, Stern, Geo, Life (USA), Corriere della Sera (Italy), Asahi Camera (Japan), Marco Polo (Japan), Universum (Austria),. Reisemagazin (Austria), Wiener Zeitung, etc.

Exhibitions:
Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Künstlerhaus, N.Ö. Galerie,
Museum des 20. Jahrhundert, Vienna; Österreichisches Fotomuseum, Bad Ischl, Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Furter Exhibitions in Berlin, Bremen, Kleve, Braunschweig, Klagenfurt,
In USA: Norfolk, Washington (USA);
In Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Oita, Nagoya, Sapporo In India: Bombay

Since 1989 collaboration with Wiener Zeitung
Since 2003 working for a book about "Illustrated Longing"
Since autumn 2003 Joe & Sally are travelling through Austria. "Finally. Austria"
2005 Exhibition "Stopover New York"