Thomas von Wittich

Thomas von Wittich was born in 1983 and comes from an upper middle class family in West Germany. When he was only 13, he left home and started working in the meat packing industry and as a cook on a ship in order to support himself.

His first camera was an old Leica-collector: a Leica R4.

An outstanding portrayal of a mediocre group caught the eye of American pop photographer Jeffrey Delannoy, who quickly hired him as an assistant. From that point on, Thomas spent countless nights in the darkroom learning and perfecting his art. Under the supervision of Delannoy, he studied the classic black and white photography of Parisian street photographers from the 1940s to the 1960s.

He is currently based in Paris and his work focuses on documenting the city's urban art scene. He is best known for his Berlin Kidz Adrenaline series which documents the infamous, fearless, even crazy, Berlin graffiti team.