Markus Hanke studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover. During this time, he assisted photographers including Conrad Piepenburg, Mats Cordt, Manu Agah, Bernd Opitz and Holger Wild.

His work for magazines and agencies focuses on people, cars and landscape photography. His photographs have also been presented in numerous group exhibitions.

Markus is a junior member of the BFF and lives in Hamburg.