awards and grants
| 2022 | Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany |
| 2021 | VG Bild-Kunst Neustart Kultur, Bonn, Germany |
| 2017 | Shortlisted Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy |
| 2016 | Residency Program Bangalore, India, Goethe Institut |
| 2016 | Omne Residency, Castelfranco, Italy |
| 2016 | Shortlisted Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy |
| 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, Polynesia |
| 1995 | Kodak European Panorama of Young Photography Award, Arles, France |
| 1994 | Appointed to the DGPh (German Society for Photography), Cologne, Germany |
| 1993 | Award for Female Journalism, Emma, Cologne, Germany |
| 1992 | Award of Science, Honored for the Best Masterwork, Essen, Germany |
| 1991 | Kodak Fellowship for Deutsche Landschaft, Cologne, Germany |
| 1991 | Award for Photography as an Art, Pforzheim, Germany |
| 1990 | Award of the German Consulate, Bonn, Germany |
| 1990 | Award of the German Ministry of Science, Bonn, Germany |