J. Daniel Hunger was born in 1964 in Münster and began taking pictures at the age of 14. Since he completed his studies in philosophy, political science and history, he has been living in Cologne and has worked as a freelance cameraman for the ARD and ZDF. J. Daniel Hunger's first solo exhibition took place as part of the "Mary Help the Arts!" project in Cologne in 2009 and in 2010, he was published in National Geographic.