Photography
Many of the images on this site are mine – especially the feature photos from China, Silicon Valley and other reporting trips. Where my own camera wasn't enough, I have worked with photographers whose work I value highly. This page gives them the credit they deserve.
Bruno Maestrini
Madrid
Bruno and I know each other from Beijing – from when I was a correspondent there. He now lives in Madrid. The lead image of this site – me in an interview situation in Beijing – is his.
Max Brunnert
Düsseldorf
Max is an outstanding photographer based in Düsseldorf. The current portrait photographs on this site are his – taken on 29 September 2025 for Handelsblatt Media Group.
Bernd Roselieb
Frankfurt am Main
Bernd Roselieb photographed the 2018 Handelsblatt author talk in Frankfurt for the launch of Der Masterplan. Several images from that event appear on the book page.
Foto Vogt GmbH
Düsseldorf
On behalf of Handelsblatt Media Group, Foto Vogt covers many conferences – including TECH 2025 and 2026 in Heilbronn, the WirtschaftsWoche conference KI im Mittelstand and AI in Energy 2026 in Düsseldorf. Many of the stage photos on the speaking page and in the look-back are by Foto Vogt.
Lea Greub
Düsseldorf
Lea Greub photographed the Handelsblatt annual conference Datacenter-Standort Deutschland 2026 in Düsseldorf for Handelsblatt Media Group. Several of these images appear in the look-back on the speaking page.
Marc-Steffen Unger
Berlin
Marc-Steffen Unger is a photographer based in Berlin. Several images from the Handelsblatt 5Germany conference – both the 2019 and 2022 editions – are his.
AI-generated illustrative images
Where neither original feature photos nor third-party photography were available, I generated illustrative images for many posts using AI image models – primarily models from Black Forest Labs, OpenAI and Google. These images are marked as illustrative ("AI-generated illustration") and are intended to place the topic visually.