Andreas Herzau: Vita
- 1962: Born in Mainz
- 1980–1983: Typography training and typesetter apprenticeship at the Tübinger Chronik, Tübingen
- 1983–1985: Typesetter, printing plate manufacturer, production manager at Dr. Cantzsche Druckerei, Stuttgart
- 1985–1986: Community service at the Tübingen Language Institute
- 1986–1987: Traineeship as political editor, Neuer Konkret Verlag, Hamburg
- 1987–1988: Political Editor, Neuer Konkret Verlag, Hamburg
- 1988–1990: Editor (Editor-in-Chief), Hamburger Rundschau, Hamburg
- 1991–1992: freelance author for various newspapers and magazines in German-speaking countries (Konkret, Der Freitag, Tages-Anzeiger) and turning to photography
- 1992: Founded the author and photographer group SIGNUM in Hamburg and was a member until its dissolution in 1999. Since then, represented by the agency laif Köln
- 1993: First photographic commissions for international magazines and companies and realization of own long-term projects
- 1994–1997: Contract photographer for the agency SIPA-Press, Paris
- 1994: Initiator and coordinator of the international photography project "Exodus – 50 Million People on the Move", in cooperation with the UNHCR, Welthungerhilfe, Caritas International
- 1995: First teaching assignments and lectureships at universities and technical colleges
- 2000: Start of continuous collaboration with various magazines and newspapers (including Photonews , Freelens-Magazin , FAZ ) with regular text contributions about photography
- 2005: Start of representation by Galerie Robert Morat, Berlin
- 2007: Appointment to Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA)
- 2016: Start of representation by Galerie Soiz, Passau
- 2022: Founding of laif Genossenschaft eG, campaign with the theme coined by Andreas Herzau: "We are buying back LAIF because our pictures are worth it!", repurchase of laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen GmbH
- 2023: Founding of the laif Foundation
- 2024: died in Bockup
