Holger Spiering
About
1987
Abitur (school leaving examination) in Überlingen/Lake Constance, then civilian service in Meersburg
1989 - 1995
Moved from Überlingen/Lake Constance to the North of Sweden; Masters-Studies on Forestry
1995 / 1996
Extensive travels through Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra (Indonesia), Australia und New Zealand; six months in Scotland working as an Estate Gardener
1997 Returned to Lake Constance, switched into photographic work, and began building my Image Portfolio; marketing of travel-images, part-time employment in a photographic store; first cooperation with the publishing company Schöning/Lübeck for postcards (still continuing)
1999 Panoramic Photography
2001 - 2004 Focus of work: Image library Lake Constance + coffee-table book;
Tourist information magazines "Friedrichshafen" and "Kressbronn"
Photography on order for the Schöning-company: Map of walks "Lake Constance", Super-TOP-Card-Postcards “Mainau” + " Lake Constance",
Produced a small coffee-table book " Lake Constance" (Text + photos),
Office for graphic design pragmadesign/Konstanz: Documentation of the "Trail Lake Constance", member of several stock photo agencies
2005 Full-time Freelance Landscape Photographer
Began exhibiting my work at regional exhibitions: Exhibition Café Gallery Schucker/Überlingen
2006 Exhibitions: Graf-Zeppelin-Haus Friedrichshafen, Kavalierhaus/Langenargen, as well as in several bookstores and at trade fairs Coffee-table book "Lake Constance" released by Edition-Panorama/Mannheim
2007 Exhibitions: Zollhaus/Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Bookstore Gallery
Greuter/Singen, Café Confectionary Weber&Weiss/Friedrichshafen,
Office „Translake“/Konstanz, exhibitions
Began working on a coffee-table book „Black Forest“
2008 Coffee-table books „Black Forest“, „Hagnau“, „Immenstaad“, „Markdorf“,
Calendar-book „Lake Constance“
Exhibitions: Gallery Lände/Kressbronn, Communal gallery „Alter Löwen“/Pfullendorf, exhibitions