Born in Detmold in 1972, Hanselle studied German philology and philosophy at the University of Bonn. After internships and editorial positions at various German daily and weekly newspapers, he has been working as a freelance journalist in Berlin and Vienna since 2000. His work focuses on photo and art criticism as well as reports from the fields of culture and intellectual life. His work is regularly published in magazines such as Cicero, monopol, mare, PHOTOGRAPHIE, fotoMAGAZIN and Madame as well as in the daily newspapers taz and Der Standard.