1942
Born in Heidelberg

1963-1967
Reads art history, romance languages and
literature, and oriental studies at the Freie
Universität Berlin, studies photography at
the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg

1968
Starts working as a freelance photographer,
specializing in contemporary art and portraits
of artists

1968-1969
Various trips in Europe and overseas for
study and photographic purposes

1969
First Solo-Exhibition in Hamburg »Künstler
sind auch nur Menschen« »Artists are
Humans after all«

1970
Freelance journalist, contributor to the
»Kunst als Ware« »Art as Commodity«,
section of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT

1972-1975
Director of the »Galerie Gunter Sachs«
for Contemporary Art in Hamburg

1976
Moves to Paris. Head of advertising and
communication department in industrial
companies

1997
New start into portrait-photography

1998
Publication of the anthology »Platen
Artists«

2003
Publication of Angelika Platen / Sigmar Polke
»In mid air« with »Polke’s Escapades«
written by Günter Engelhard

Since 1998
Solo- and Group Shows

Lives in Paris and Berlin