Patrick Penkwitt has been a photographer since age 16 when he started working for Skateboarding and BMX Freestyle magazines in Germany and California.
After shooting sports and extreme sports for many years, mainly mountain biking, snowboarding and skiing, he went on to work for fashion and advertising clients. He grew up in Stuttgart in a family of photographers. His grandfather was a war photographer. His parents met in photography school and have worked together since.

Here are some of the clients Patrick has worked for:
HOLY'S, MARIE CLAIRE SPAIN, S.OLIVER, TELECOM, WEST TOBACCO, WEST EP, SAECO, PEEK & CLOPPENBURG, DELMOD, WENZ, ANSONS, KLINGEL, MONA, DESCH, SÜTEGRO, ENGELBERT-STRAUSS, CONLEYS FASHION, KAUFHOF, HUGO BOSS, OAKLEY, GT MOUNTAIN BIKES, SPORTS 2000,  MÖVENPICK, BOGNER SPORTS, ADIDAS, SWATCH, CYELL NETHERLANDS, ERNSTINGS FAMILY, DEICHMANN, 3 PAGEN, BUY PASTEL, MEGASUN, FINISH LINE, NOTON, KNOCK OUT, DI MODOLO, PRO FITNESS, PARAMOUNT TOBACCO, BERENTZEN and more.

Currently Patrick lives in Miami Florida with his wife and daughters