Ute Mahler

1949

born in Berka, Germany

1969 to 1974

studies photography at the College of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig, Germany

Werner Mahler

1950

born in Boßdorf, Germany

1973 to 1978

studies photography at the College of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig, Germany

together

1990

founding members of the „Ostkreuz“ photography agency in Berlin

2011

awarded with the art, literature and photography prize from the Brandenburg lottery fund, Germany

2011

present the first joint project “Mona Lisas of the Suburbs”

2019

awarded with the David Octavius Hill medal from the German Photographic Academy

live in Lehnitz, near Berlin, Germany