1 What is your name and where are you from? My name is Stefan Hartmann and I'm from Germany. I was born near Cologne and now I live in a small town near Trier in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate. 2 How long have you been active on DA? I joined in 2009. In the first years I uploaded mainly traditional art... drawings and paintings. This changed during the years. Now most of my submission are photos. 3 How did you start photography? I was drawing and painting as long as i could think. With photography i started as a teenager with analog Photography ...very expensive for a teenager! For many years i only took photos in holidays and some snapshots ...nothing 'arty' at all. I started with more artistic photography in 2010, after I got my first digital camera. 4 What does DA bring to your photographic work? Through DA I have the opportunity to share my images with an incredible number of artists. The many very creative photographers on DA are an inspiration for me. I learned to try