Born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1968, Stephan Goettlicher took up photography after a 15-year international career as a classical and modern ballet dancer.

A self-taught photographer, the still image quickly became a passion and he started to provide the theaters with photography for publications and programing while working as a dancer.

Moving to Hamburg to assist some of Germany’s best industrial, portrait and fashion photographers during this time, proved to be invaluable formative experiences of the craft, just prior to the dominance of digital.

He became a freelance photographer in Hamburg in 2000, working for editorials and advertising agencies in Germany and Milan/Italy.

Based in Miami since 2008 and in Chicago since 2018, he is pursuing and developing his personal work further and began to show in galleries and various group shows.

“The camera ground glass has become my newfound stage”

All photographs are fully composed in camera on analog film

Printed as Piezography black & white print or color Giclée print

Edition of 3 + 2AP circa 175cm x 140cm / 140cm x 110cm / 110cm x 90cm

Smaller sizes on request and as edition of 5 + 2AP