Jurgen Ryck started photography in the 1960s in Hamburg. He then went to London and worked with various photographers as an assistant. In 1975 he came to Sydney and worked for a variety of fashion magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Mode. After four years in Australia he spent a year in Milan and worked for fashion magazines Gioia and Annabelle. On return to Sydney Jurgen started working for advertising agencies including McCann Erickson, J Walter Thompson and Leo Burnett on accounts including Baci Chocolates, Jagermeister, Christian Dior, Yardley and various Sydney department stores. Following a trip to New York and Paris, Jurgen had an exhibition in Sydney and Germany of photos from his travels.