Malte Jäger was born in Schleswig, Germany in 1977 and studied photographic design at Lette-Verein, a school for graphic design in Berlin. Jäger began his professional career as an assistant to various photographers in Hamburg. Later, he worked freelance for news agencies and newspapers in Portugal, and at the picture desk of German Geo. He is currently a freelance photojournalist, based in Berlin.
