Michael Poliza Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1958 -

In his youth Michael Poliza pursued a career in acting and received a number of roles in TV series and films. Born in Hamburg, he was able to finish the last years of school in Dallas, Texas. Until 1979, he then completed his studies in Computer Science in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Between 1980 and 1996, Poliza was especially active in the IT business. In 1997, he deliberately decided to sell his IT companies, in order to accompany the 1000 days ‘Starship Millenium Voyage’ initiated by the German magazine ‘Stern’. In 2006, he published his first book ‘AFRICA’, which was followed by his second publication ‘EYES OVER AFRICA’ in 2008. In the same year Michael Poliza was awarded with the International Photography Award (USA), the Deutsche Fotobuchpreis as well as with the ‘Preis der Internationalen Kalstarschau’ (now Gregor Calendar Award). Michael Poliza has continuously published further books and opened his own photo gallery in Hamburg in 2009.