Participated in the Visegrad Visibility Project in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, supported by the International Visegrad Fund 

Scholarship kunst:raum sylt quelle
Participated in the »Revisiting Memory« project funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation

BFF Promotion Award 2003 (German Association of Freelance Photo Designers)
1st prize, category "People", Wiener Werkstattpreis 2003

One of the top 10 entrants for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2003
Nominated to participate in the Körber Photo Award 2003

1st prize, Fotosymposium für Dokumentarfotografie, Bad Herrenalb, Germany