einzelaustellungen
| 2020 | Far Out, Citylights; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 2019 | Properties of human beings; Kunstwerden, Essen, Deutschland |
| 2014 | World’s Edge; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, USA |
| 2014 | Far Out; Google Headquarter, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2013 | Far Out; Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2012 | Gate; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2007 | On Edge; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2005 | Bunkerscapes; Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln, Deutschland |
| 2004 | Terra Cognita; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2003 | Angels in Fall; Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln, Deutschland |
| 2002 | Bunkerscapes; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2001 | Angels in Fall; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2000 | Angels in Fall; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2000 | Angels in Fall; Photographers Gallery, London, UK |
| 1999 | Silent summer; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, USA |
| 1999 | Angels in Fall; University of Iowa, Iowa, USA |
| 1998 | Angels in Fall; DG Galerie, München, Deutschland |
| 1998 | Angels in Fall; Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 1997 | Angels in Fall; Sam Francis Gallery/Santa Monica, CA, USA in Kooperation mit Getty Museum L.A., Exiles and Emigres |
gruppenausstellungen | auswahl
| 2021 | Magnetic West; Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
| 2020 | Magnetic West; Figge Museum, Davenport, Iowa, USA |
| 2018 | American Surfaces and the Photobook; MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
| 2015 | SKYWARD; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA |
| 2012 | Landmark: The Fields of Photography; Somerset House, London, UK |
| 2012 | Picturing Modernity; SF MoMa, San Fransisco, CA, USA |
| 2012 | The Perfect Storm; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
| 2010 | Sifest; Savignano, Italien |
| 2009 | Into the Sunset: Photography‘s Image of the American West; MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
| 2009 | This side of paradise; Musée de l‘Elysée, Lausanne, Schweiz |
| 2008 | This side of paradise; Huntington Museum, Pasadena, CA, USA |
| 2008 | Real Photography Award; LP II Art Exhibition Centre, Rotterdam, Niederlande |
| 2007 | Spectacular City; NRW Kunstforum, Düsseldorf, Deutschland |
| 2007 | Stadtlandschaften; Galerie Lichtpunkt, München, Deutschland |
| 2006 | Spectacular City; NAI, Rotterdam, Niederlande |
| 2006 | Landscape, Recent aquisitions; MOMA, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Land in Translation; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California, USA |
| 2005 | Transatlantische Impulse; Walter Gropius Bau, Berlin, Deutschland |
| 2005 | The New City: Sub/Urbia in recent photography; Whitney-Museum, New York, USA |
| 2005 | Facing the Music; RedCat, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2004 | Vagues; Musee Malraux, Le Havre, Frankreich |
| 2003 | Urban Space; La Verne, California, USA |
| 2002 | Vacant; Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, USA |
| 2002 | Die Welt als Ganzes; Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Victoria, Australien |
| 2002 | Die Welt als Ganzes; Bentara Budaya, Jakarta, Indonesien |
| 2002 | Die Welt als Ganzes; Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| 2001 | Die Welt als Ganzes; Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, N.S.W., Australien |
| 2001 | Die Welt als Ganzes; SK-Stiftung, Cologne, Deutschland |
| 2000 | Contemporary German Photography; Organized by IFA/Berlin, Deutschland |
| 2000 | Mental Wilderness; Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, USA |
| 1997 | Wirklich; Stadtmuseum München, Deutschland |
| 1997 | Contemporary German Photography; Galerie Neuger-Riemschneider / Berlin; Galerie Wittenbrink / München; Galerie Reckermann / Köln; Galerie Lehmann / Dresden |
| 1996 | Das deutsche Auge, 100 Jahre Bildjournalismus; Deichtorhallen / Hamburg, Deutschland |
| 1994 | Photographie als Kunst; Sparkasse Pforzheim, Deutschland |
| 1992 | Die besten Diplomarbeiten NRW; Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Deutschland |
| 1991 | 1. Internationale Phototage Herten; Herten, Deutschland |
| 1991 | Preis für jungen Bildjournalismus; Leverkusen, Deutschland |
| 1989 | The other side of photograph; Amsterdam, Niederlande |
sammlungen
| Whitney-Museum, New York, USA | |
| MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | |
| SF MOMA, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| New School, New York, USA | |
| New York Library, New York, USA | |
| Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA | |
| LACMA Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| George Eastman House, Rochester, USA | |
| Photography Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA | |
| Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA | |
| Oberlin Museum/Ohio, USA | |
| Figge Museum, Davenport, Iowa, USA | |
| IFA, Berlin, Deutschland | |
| Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Deutschland | |
| FRAC, Paris, Frankreich |
bibliografie
monografien
| 2012 | Timber Cove; Nazreali Press, Portland, OR, USA |
| 2009 | On Edge; Nazraeli Press, Portland, OR, USA |
| 2001 | Angels in Fall; Kruse Verlag, Hamburg, Deutschland |
weitere publikationen
| 2015 | Both Sides Of Sunset; Metropolis, New York, NY, USA |
| 2014 | Landmark, The fields of Landscape photography; Thames & Hudson, London, UK |
| 2014 | Facing The Music; East of Borneo, New York, NY, USA |
| 2011 | Altered Landscape, Skira Rizzoli Publications Inc, New York, USA |
| 2009 | Into the Sunset; MoMa, New York, NY, USA |
| 2008 | This Side Of Paradise; Merrell, London / New York, USA |
| 2008 | Verschwindende Landschaften; Dumont, Köln, Deutschland |
| 2006 | The Photobook, A History vol II by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger; Phaidon, London, UK |
| 2006 | Spectacular City; NAI Publishers, Niederlande |
| 2006 | Garten der Kunst; Hatje Cantz, Deutschland |
| 2005 | Looking at Los Angeles; DAP, New York, USA |
| 2005 | 10 Years Villa Aurora; Villa Aurora e.V., Berlin, Deutschland |
| 2004 | Vagues; Somogy Éditions D‘Art, Paris, Frankreich |
| 2002 | L.A. Now; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA, University of California Press |
| 2001 | Kim Zorn Caputo (ed.), Angels in Fall; Blind Spot, New York, USA, No 17, April/June 2001 |
| 2001 | Choreography of Power’ Kunstforum International; Ruppichteroth, Deutschland, No 153, January 2001, pp 135-36 |
| 2001 | Angels in Fall, Blindspot; New York, USA |
| 2000 | Angels in Fall; Exit, London, UK, No 1, October 2000 |
| 2000 | Angels in Fall; Zoo, London, UK, October 2000, pp 234-35 |
| 2000 | Die Welt als Ganzes, Fotografie aus Deutschland nach 1989; Hatje Cantz Verlag, Deutschland |
| 1998 | Contemporary German Photography; Taschen Verlag, Köln, Deutschland |
| 1997 | Wirklich, 7 Positionen zeitgenössischer Fotografie in Deutschland; München, Deutschland |
| 1996 | Das Deutsche Auge; Schirmer/Mosel, Deutschland |
akademische erfahrungen
| 2015 | Seminar, UCLA, Kalifornien, USA |
| 2014 | UC Irvine, Advanced Photography, Spring 2014 |
| 2011 | Hartford University, Graduate Session SF, Winter |
| 2008 | UCLA, Advanced Photography, Graduate Seminar, Spring |
| 2007 | UCR, Beginning Photography, Winter |
| 2007 | Visiting Artist UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Photography-Workshop, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with Goethe-Institute, Deutschland |
| 2005 | Photography-Workshop, Guadalajara, Mexico, in collaboration with Goethe-Institute, Deutschland |
| 2002-2005 | Vertrags-Professur für Fotografie, Freie Universität Bozen, Italien |
| 2004 | Visiting Artist, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, USA |
| 2003 | Guest Lecture and studio visits at Otis, Santa Monica, USA |
| 2003 | Guest Lecture at Marymount University , Santa Monica, USA |
| 1997-98 | Independent Studies, Pasadena, USA |
auszeichnungen und stipendien
| 2022 | Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Deutschland |
| 2021 | VG Bild-Kunst Neustart Kultur, Bonn, Deutschland |
| 2017 | Shortlisted Villa Massimo, Rom, Italien |
| 2016 | Residency Programm Bangalore, Indien, Goethe Institut |
| 2016 | Omne, Residency, Castelfranco, Italien |
| 2006 | Residency Program at Lijiang Studios, Lijiang, Yunnan, China |
| 2001 | The J. Paul Getty/CalArts Commission, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2000 | Lannan Foundation Residency Program, Galisteo, NM, USA |
| 1996 | Friends of the Villa Aurora Fellowship, Berlin, Germany, in Pacific Palisades, CA, USA |
| 1995 | DAAD Fellowship, Los Angeles, USA and American Samoa, Polynesien |
| 1995 | Kodak European Panorama of Young Photography Award, Arles, Frankreich |
| 1994 | Appointed to the DGPh (German Society for Photography), Cologne, Deutschland |
| 1993 | Award for Female Journalism, Emma, Cologne, Deutschland |
| 1992 | Award of Science, Honored for the Best Masterwork, Essen, Deutschland |
| 1991 | Kodak Fellowship for Deutsche Landschaft, Köln, Deutschland |
| 1991 | Award for Photography as an Art Pforzheim, Deutschland |
| 1990 | Preis des deutschen Konsulats, Bonn, Deutschland |
| 1990 | Preis des deutschen Wissenschafts Ministeriums, Bonn, Deutschland |