This is me




This is me ...

For a bit of history about me, go here:

 Carsten Burmeister
 



I am from Germany ...




... I was born in Hamburg in 1947. Originally our family came from Rostock, North/East of Hamburg, then moved to Heide, North of Hamburg. 

My brother Thomas, born 1950, his daughter (same age as Rad) and family live near Frankfurt.

When I was six years old my parents moved to Essen, where my dad worked for Coca Cola, as the head purchasing officer for all German speaking countries (including Austria and Luxembourg).

At 19 years old I moved out from home to Düsseldorf, to get my professional education as a photographer.

At 22 I moved for two years to Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Holland). Then in 1972/73 I went on my 'big' trip to Asia, in my Landrover ... with my girlfriend Saskia; we travelled overland all the way to Afghanistan, India and Nepal.


After my return I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where I lived for five years, but half way through I went to visit Bali, where I met Leesa, who came to live with me in Copenhagen.

We married in 1977 and had a baby, Radjin a.k.a Rad, in 1978. When Rad was six months old, we moved to Australia (Copenhagen was too cold) in January 1979.

After Leesa, Radjin and myself arrived in Australia in 1979 I spent most of my time in Sydney ... after a stint in Kalang, near Bellingen, where Saskia was born ... North-Sydney, Kirribilli, Milsons Point, Cremorne and Balmoral.

This is me ...