Born in Hamburg/Germany in 1965, Dirk has been infected with the "aviation virus" since a flight with Dan Air London Comet from Hamburg to London Gatwick in 1979. As a freelance photojournalist, he supplies photos and articles to national and international aviation magazines and news portals. Besides his photographs to cover the news, primarily taken at the Airbus plant in Hamburg, his passion lies with preserved historic aircraft. His regular photographic trips take him to his second home, Southeast Asia.