studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Art Institute in Chicago. He graduated with a Master's degree. His most important teachers were Dieter Appelt and Stan Douglas. Since 2016 he has been appointed member of the German Photographic Association (DGPh). He lives in Berlin.
Menner has exhibited his work in photography internationally and amongst other venues, participated in solo and group shows in many galleries and museum such as the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Anchorage Museum, C/O Berlin, Museum for Photography Berlin, NRW Forum Düsseldorf, Benaki Museum Athens, Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Zephyr Mannheim, Galeria Bunkier Sztuki Krakow, and the Biennale de Lubumbashi.