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mel fries

+++ 1975 my parents met +++ 1977 born in marktheidenfeld, germany (june) +++ 1980 kindergarten +++ 1982 i am proud to get my first blue bicycle +++ 1983 primary school +++ 1985 move to urdorf, switzerland +++ 1985 primary school +++ 1987 start with water ballet +++ 1990 college +++ 1990 time for braces +++ 1992 first concert: bee gees, with my mother +++ 1993 start apprenticeship at julius bear zurich +++ 1993 first ride on a snowboard: hooked for life +++ 1994 met anto krajina, a fabulous genius +++ 1994 travel to porto, portugal +++ 1995 start working for letter of credit department +++ 1995 business school +++ 1995 start intensive jazz dance +++ 1996 language study dublin, ireland +++ 1997 start teaching swimming at primary school +++ 1997 english certificate course +++ 1997 travel to stockholm, sweden +++ 1997 move to idaplatz, zurich, switzerland +++ 1998 volunteer work lomé, togo +++ 1998 timber trade internship libreville, gabon +++ 1998 travel to accra, ghana +++ 1998 start with buddhist practice +++ 1998 malaria attack +++ 1999 course in basic photography +++ 1999 get first lomo camera in new york, united states +++ 1999 travel frequently to new york, united states +++ 2000 start working for personal management department +++ 2000 language and dance study paris, france +++ 2000 photo exhibition at école commerciale paris, france +++ 2000 travel to nova scotia, canada +++ 2000 photographic experiments, camera canon eos500 +++ 2000 first scratches on violin +++ 2000 milena moves to los angeles, united states +++ 2001 start working for a media agency +++ 2001 photo exhibition at café walthi zurich, switzerland +++ 2001 conny moves to aliso viejo, united states +++ 2002 school for autodidactic photographers +++ 2002 start with jewelry making +++ 2002 kirstin moves to turcu, finnland +++ 2003 no more school for autodidactic photographers +++ 2004 photographic studies tokyo, japan +++ 2004 travel to los angeles, united states +++ 2005 start working as freelance photographer +++ 2005 photo exhibit at isakaya sushi, zurich, switzerland