Ripke began his career as a music photographer in 2002 when he started shooting a series of artist portraits for German
hip hop music magazine
Backspin. He documented the
Krach der Republik tour of German punk rock band
Die Toten Hosen during 2012-2013 and directed their music video
"Das ist der Moment". He frequently collaborates with German hip hop artist
Marteria and accompanied
Formula One drivers
Nico Rosberg and
Lewis Hamilton during their respective championship seasons. When the
Germany national football team won the
World Cup Final in Rio de Janeiro in 2014, he produced a series of renowned portraits while the team celebrated on the field of
Maracanã Stadium. Since 2015 he has been publishing the quarterly collaborative magazine
Hedonist Post, featuring the works of various international photographers. In September 2018, Ripke directed the live production of Marteria's
"Live Im Ostseestadion" concert movie. In March 2019, German singer
Lena published her music video directed and filmed by Ripke to accompany the release of her song ''"Don't Lie to Me"''. He also worked in Formula 1 as the photographer for Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and the Mercedes Amg Petronas F1 Team. ==Works==