Hervé Maillet was born in Paris in 1956 and has lived in Germany since 1976. He studied graphic design in Bremen and started his own business there in 1986 as a photo designer, specializing in portraits, advertising, documentation, reportage, photo courses and experimental photography. Since 1985 he has held various solo exhibitions and has participated in other exhibitions. He also runs the photo workshop in the Protestant education center in Bad Bederkesa, gives photo courses in his own studio and in the workshop in Oldenburg and is involved in the children's museum and children's art and hands-on projects through the Quartier association for the promotion of popular culture.