1967
born in Reutlingen, Germany

1992-1999
studies at Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany

1995-1997
studies at University of Brighton, England

1997-2000
lived and worked in London

Since 2000
has lived and worked in Berlin

Adlershof - Reconstructing Space
catalogue, exhibitions, 2006

Morocco
catalogue, exhibitions, 2004

Poland
catalogue, exhibitions, 2004

Yamagata
catalogue, exhibitions, 2002

Salamanca
catalogue, exhibitions, 2001

Japan
monograph, exhibitions, 1999-2001

Blue Suburban Skies
exhibitions, 1998-2000

Simulate Yourself
artist book, 1997

Tokyo+
exhibitions
artist book, 1996

Tokyo Clubland
exhibitions, artist book, 1996

Eyes on Me
artist book, 1995

Happy Snaps
exhibitions, 1993-1994

ZiF Photo Award, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld University: 1 st. prize, 2007

FOCUS-Die besten Wissenschaftsfotos: prize
VG-Bildkunst-Kulturwerk: project grant, 2007

Goethe-Institut Rabat/Casablanca: project grant, exhibitions, catalogue, 2004

EU-Japan Fest, Tokyo and Graz- Europes Cultural Capital 2003: project grant, exhibitions, catalogue, 2002

ARCO, Madrid (E): work grant for the collection of the ARCO Foundation, 2001

Salamanca - Europes Cultural Capital 2002: work grant, exhibitions, catalogue PhotoWorks, Maidstone and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill (GB): work grant, exhibiton, publication, 2000

The Photographers’ Gallery, London: work grant, exhibition, 1999

DAAD, Bonn (D): work grant, 1999

Tom Buckeridge Photography Prize, England, 1997

New Cosmos of Photography Prize, Japan, 1997

ARCO Foundation Madrid (E)

Bertelsmann AG

Camera Austria Graz (A)

Centro de Arte de Salamanca Salamanca (E)

Designbüro.Hamburg

Deutsche Bank

Goldman Sachs London (GB)

KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG

KulturSPIEGEL

Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

Yamagata Prefectural Government (J)

2008 in:
Made in Germany, ed. Andrea Gothe, Heidelberg 2008

Sideways, eds. Christoph Kamps and Sophie Lovell, Berlin 2008

2003 in:
European Photography (No. 73/74), Göttingen 2003

European Eyes on Japan, EU-Japan Fest, Tokyo 2003

2002 in:
Salamanca. Un proyecto fotográfico; text Ramón Esparza; Consorcio Salamanca 2002; Salamanca 2002

2000
Smith, Caroline: ‘Michael Danner’, Profi Foto (No. 3, May/June 2000), Düsseldorf, pp. 42-45 (interview)

in British Journal of Photography, ‘Delocalizer’, London 2000

in Dpict, (No. 1, April/May 2000) London

in Fabric of Fashion, ed. Brett Rogers, The British Council, London 2000

1999 in:
Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography,
ed. Michael Mack, Architectural Association, London 1999, p. 4

Darwent, Charles: ‘Neat Dreams’, New Statesman, London 8 November 1999, pp. 41-21

Ham and High, ‘Down these clean streets’, London 15 October 1999

Thrift, Julia, ‘Blue Suburban Skies’, Time Out, London 27 October 1999, pp 58

Blueprint, ‘Blue Suburban Skies’, London October 1999, pp 78

Camera Austria (Nr. 66), Graz (A) 1999, pp. 100-102

Junko Takahashi, ‘Michael Danner’, New Cosmos of Photography (Vol. 11, July 1999), Tokyo 1999, pp. 29-34 (interview)

Creative Camera, London, Oct/Nov 1999

McLaren, Janice, ‘Michael Danner’ Portfolio, Nov 1999, Edinburgh (GB),
(interview) pp 4-9, 50-51

Tozer, John, ‘Blue Suburban Skies’, Camera Austria (Vol 68), Graz (A) 1999, pp 72

1998 in:
Insight, Maidstone (UK), February 1998

Williams, Val: ‘Shine- a light’, British Journal of Photography (11 February 1998), London, pp 12-13

Smith, Caroline: ‘Eastside story’, British Journal of Photography (1 April 1998), pp. 16-19 (interview)

Look at Me - Fashion and Photography in Britain 1960 to the Present, ed. Val Williams, The British Council, London 1998