Ich wurde 1966 in München geboren. Schule, Abitur und dann Zivildienst. Zuerst war ich Labormaus bei der Modezeitschrift “Männer Vogue”, dann Assi. Anschliessend Assistent im Fotostudio von Hans Buttermilch in München. Und ich war Sänger in einer Ska Band. “Bluekilla”, die gibts immer noch. 1991 bin ich ins schöne Hamburg gezogen. Dort habe ich gekellnert und nachts Konzertfotos gemacht, die ich am nächsten Morgen der Tageszeitung angeboten habe. So wurde ich zum Lokalreporter für “Die Welt”. Von da gings weiter zur Nachrichtenagentur “Reuters”. Sehr spannend, als junger Mann. Reuters, dpa, Greenpeace, Die Welt, Financial Times. Im Jahr 2000 wollte ich nach Berlin ziehen. Da wollte man hin. Es kam anders, ich traf meine Freundin und zwar in München. Seitdem lebe und arbeite ich in München.
I was born in Munich in 1966. I finished school (Abitur) and did my alternative military service. After that I worked as a copyboy for the German men´s Vogue, later as an assistant. Then I became assistant to Hans Buttermilch in his fotostudio in Munich. In the meantime i was the singer of the skaband Bluekilla (they still exist!). In 1991 i moved to beautiful Hamburg. I worked as a waiter and at night took concertphotos that I offered to the daily newspapers the following day. That is how I became local reporter for the newspaper „Die Welt“. After that I worked for the news agency „Reuters“. Huh, very exciting for a young man. Things started moving after that: Reuters, dpa, Greenpeace, Die Welt, Financial Times became clients. In 2000 I wanted to move to Berlin, which was the place to go to at that time. But things came out differently, I met my girlfriend in Munich and since then I have lived and worked here.
Oliver Soulas, Oktober 2009