Heike Frielingsdorf was born in Paderborn in 1970. After her studies, she worked as a teacher until 2000, moved to Cologne and switched to the film industry. Looking for more creative encounter and meaningfulness, she discovered her interest in photography in 2010, at the same time she took the step into self-employment. After various workshops and seminars and thus a constant development process, photography is no longer a hobby for her, but real passion and her everyday necessary means of expression. Last year she was finalist of the Street Photography International SPi Awards, get the 5th place in the single photo competition of the first German Street Photography Festival, was awarded by “Women Street Photographers” and took part in some group exhibitions in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, San Francisco und New York.