Looking back at the production of my book, reminds me of how difficult some of the shoots actually were. And that it is rather normal to take up challenges. But my shoot in Riga was much more difficult than I had expected. Here's what happened in the capital city of Latvia where I shot a story with Anna.
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Photographing a roadtrip as a theme has probably been done too often. Even by myself. But traveling is something we love. And a roadtrip embodies the feeling of freedom, the spirit of being young and it can be a lot of fun. Also a car is a safe haven for a shoot. You can turn on the heating when it's getting cold and avoid harsh sunlight when the girl poses inside.
Let's face it. What do you need for an erotic photograph? A special light atmosphere? A crazily cool styling? An outstanding location? Or maybe, just a beautiful girl? It's a rhetorical question and a relief for us photographers. If beauty is there, we just have to capture it.
Blood takes 23 seconds to circulate through the body. The average male in Germany masturbates 23 times a month. The day we switch to daylight savings time has only 23 hours. Princess Diana died in Paris at 00:23 in the morning. A lot of conspiracy circles around the number 23. Here's what I have to add.
Sometimes things don't work out the way you planned them. Either it's the weather or the location. Both have such a big influence on the shoot that it is always good to have a plan b. But let us be honest. Who prepares a plan b when it is unlikely to happen? I didn't. And the location became a huge problem.
My life feels odd sometimes. Because with every photo shoot that I have, I get this awkward blind date feeling. You know, this feeling when you are waiting for a girl you have never seen in your life. And with every person that passes by, you ask yourself, if this is her. And you feel nervous like being on a date. And then she arrives and you have to do some small talk to get to know each other.
You are probably not aware of this. But Blondes are an endangered species. No kidding. So, it took me a while to find a beautiful blonde girl like Lara. We met in Paris where I had rented an amazingly furnished and very cozy apartment for our shoot.
When we were kids, people thought someone is either creative or not. Oh, what a creative kid, it draws such a beautiful picture. But working as a photographer, you come to a point where you realise, it doesn't come by itself. Like a comedian has to find methods to work on his jokes, it's the same with artists like us.
Ibiza is one of my favorite islands in the mediteranean sea. Summer, sun, freckles and a redhead. I departed to capture a classical woman in nature scenario. Not my typical style. I simply wanted to experiment and try out new fields of photography. But then so many things went wrong.
The best pairings are the simple ones. There's salt and pepper. Romeo and Juliet. Thunder and lightning. Gin and Tonic. I am a big fan of simple pairings and one very cliché pairing is of girls and horses.
There is always a lot of thinking behind my photographs. I am always prepared and know what I want to capture. But I also try to find a nice balance between my intentions and spontaneity. This morning I realised, I keep saying, that there's a lot of thinking behind my works, but I never really explained what it was about. So here we go.
I have secretly put 7 pictures into Sublime that are a homage to photographers I admire. This title picture is one of them. The way Chiara poses, her expressions are so much like in the photographs of... Can you guess who?
Do you sometimes think a girl is too beautiful? I mean, is there such a thing as too much beauty? I am still brooding over this question. If exaggerated gracefulness exists, Olga is the living proof.
If you ever dreamt of sleeping with my pics, now you can. I feel honored to announce that a wonderful hotel with beautiful architecture and a great concept has just opened its doors in Frankurt. The opening party was last night, so I am finally able to speak about my contribution.
Sabi is not only a healthy person, she also loves nature. As Tenerife is known for its black sanded beaches, we headed to the North of the island to explore the rocky beaches. It was a long but scenic drive along the coast. On the far right you could see Grand Canary and soon we crossed a small mountain and took a serpentine road to the beach.
Mallorca, the epitome of a summer holiday (at least for a German). Mallorca, an island so beautiful, it leaves you speechless. Beautiful beaches, cozy bays and lovely fields. If only there was no hay allergy.
No other girl has more images in the photobook Sublime than Katia. As she is the cover model and as I photographed her when she was 21, 22 and 23 years old, I figured that is ok. After having produced many indoor series, I definitely wanted to shoot outdoors again. Somewhere warm. So Katia and I flew to Portugal.
When I meet girls that love to express themselves, it's wonderful. Jelena is like that. She adores nude art and simply loves to act in front of the camera. This might surprise you, but quite a lot of the women that work as nude models are extremely shy and insecure. So, it felt refreshing to work with Jelena.
I knew Franzi for a few years and we wanted to shoot again for a long time. Somehow we postponed again, but one day, she told me she was going to stop modelling and that we could do a final shoot in Berlin in June. I checked flights and booked a return flight for the same day. Quite unusual, but this way, I was traveling light.
Girls and cars, a classic theme that always works. I like stereotypes and find it challenging to work with such themes. Especially because cars are so small on the inside, difficult to pose for a model and not easy to find good angles to shoot from. But when you run into a beautiful DeLorean DMC-12, you know this is going to get great.
For the third time this year, there are twelve pages by me in Playboy. It's the German edition of Playboy and you can find it at newsstands everywhere currently. I know, this is blunt self promotion, but this is how it works, right?
In art school I began to maintain my personal idea book. It's a small notepad that I usually carry with me and whenever I see something interesting, I take a note. It's full of incoherent things. I give them time to ripe. And when they're ready, I turn them into a photo story.
Five of the stories for Sublime were photographed in Frankfurt. I find it very difficult to photograph in this rather uninspiring city. The main reason could be the lack of cool locations and the unstable weather. But after days of searching, I found an allotment garden that looked nice and bargained with the owner to rent it for a shoot.
My whole book is about contrasts. Outdoors vs indoors, small breats vs big boobs, natural vs artificial and so on. Contrasts help to create interest, I learned in art school. And Benidorm, the secret capital of skyscrapers in Europe, had always been a dream to me.
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