Born in Hanover on April 19, 1937, Lambers started studying Engineering in Berlin in 1957. He worked as a systems consultant for IBM from 1965 to 1993, during which he spent six years in Eastern Europe. In 1986 he founded ex pose publishers, dedicated in particular to author photography. He passed away in Berlin on June 23, 2024. His estate passes to the German Fotothek of the Saxon State Library – Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Dresden State and University Library.
