Dominik ranks among Indonesia's leading commercial photographers with a diversified portfolio and an impressive list of national and multinational corporate clients. However, as a commercial photographer he always felt a bit constrained working within the objectives of an assignment. Therefore Dominik felt a strong urge to pursue also his own artistic vision besides his commercial assignments. His fine art photographs prove him to be a photographer who transcends his craft to create a body of work that stands on its own as artistry. As a commercial photographer, he has had ample opportunity to sharpen his senses and to develop the skills that he so masterfully applies in his fine-art photography work too. Dominik was born in Austria in 1965 and studied at Vienna's Technical University as well as at the University of Music and Performing Arts there. In 1989 after graduation D! moved to Indonesia where, for several years, he travelled extensively throughout the archipelago before settling in West Java, where he lived for seven years. He then moved to Jakarta and founded an Advertising and Public Relations agency there but urban life was too hectic for him and, in 2003, he moved to Bali where he continues to live with his family.

Dominik is less interested in telling us a story or in capturing a particular situation in his photographs; let alone convey a political message or express an opinion. His artistic goal lies in finding, capturing and preserving beauty through photography. Dominik is also a firm believer in simplicity as a basic and leading principle for his artistic work.

Many viewers of Dominik's rice photographs for instance have remarked that they resemble a melody or a musical pattern which, once heard, can stay in our head for a long time. And indeed, as D! explains: 'Often my camera takes on the role of a musical instrument on which I improvise and create melodies that soothe my mind.' Because Dominik has been an enthusiastic musician, this should hardly come as a surprise.