The german photographer Anatol Kotte was born in Minden, Westphalia of a graphic artists family. He started as assistant for famous commercial photographers and, after climbing the career ladder in Germany and Spain, he opened his studio in Hamburg in 1992. Since 1997 he has been working for advertising agencies, magazines and freelance projects in Germany and abroad. In 2002 he was rewarded by the Art Directors Club Germany for the campaign “the female force of fashion”