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CHRISTIAN KAUFMANN had the pleasure of working with Steve Windorf again. “We jumped at the opportunity and were able to photograph in an almost empty hotel. We couldn’t have found a more relaxed location. His girlfriend Kerstin Landsmann, an actress herself, couldn’t help posing for the camera, too.”
Certainly a really big thing for big boys, no matter how old, is getting to stand between planes at the airport and take pictures. And a commission for DEUTSCHE AIRCRAFT granted Christian and his team just that on a sunny day in Oberpfaffenhofen. “But it’s funny: Nobody wanted to let me fly…”
Stefan Duve, a dermatologist from Munich, was in the studio where he was shot for his new website. : “A person who’s just as charming as he is funny. You’d never notice that he actually prefers not to be in front of the camera, it was such a great job he did…”
Physicist, computer scientist and TV presenter, Philip Häusser, was the next to pose for Christian’s lens for his latest boom on A.I. : “When asked about the topic of his dissertation, I received the dizzying answer – “strategies for solving computer vision with less labeled data.” Any questions? I think I’ll just stick to photography…”
The portrait of referee Dr. Felix Brych was almost a neighborhood shoot : “We could have biked it to the location together since we were taking almost the same route. The shoot on the Isar was just as relaxed and fun – the only thing missing was an after-work drink…”
“A unique moment was shooting the portrait of Franz Beckenbauer amid all the trophies he had won as a player and coach. For the occasion, we even had the original World Cup trophy on set, which you never get to lay your hands on – as a photographer who can’t even kick a ball from A to B without getting hurt…” Because when the Kaiser is coming, how Beckenbauer is referred to affectionately, you better have the original trophy there for it.
Following the meeting of the European Club Association, which Christian Kaufmann had the pleasure of photographing, he had “two younger colleagues” of Mr. Beckenbauer in front of his lens. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi : “I have rarely had such little time to photograph… And I ended up taking longer for the shoot again because I couldn’t stop talking.”
The title of Wolfgang Rothe’s book, “Abused Church”, is uber-topical and gives plenty of room for discussion. The laid-back images for the book were created afterwards.
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13.04.2022
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The squad of FC BAYERN LEGENDS consists of former FCB pros, for instance World Champions Klaus Augenthaler, Bixente Lizarazu, Lothar Matthäus – and, presented here, Paulo Sergio and Zé Roberto. Photographer CHRISTIAN KAUFMANN on his encounter with the sports legends : “The shoot was almost more fun than work… I met up with FC Bayern Legends Paulo Sergio and Zé Roberto to shoot their autograph cards for the FC Bayern Legends Team. And it got late each time we met because we just talk too much… Zé came with a new hair cut and a body like no other. CR7 is yesterday’s news, make way for the one and only Zé … !”
After that, he photographed Lothar Matthäus, another legend from the Bayern team. “Photographing him between all of the trophies he has won was impressive. The way he gazes into the camera still shows the same unbroken will he demonstrated years ago on the pitch, and which many of his opponents still remember all too well…”
Christian Kaufmann also photographed gamers for ALDI : “Gamers – a species with which I have had no contact until today… These guys make their money with – Yes! – planning games. What looks like a lot of fun at first glance is actually hard work – they sit in front of the screen almost all day. I had the pleasure of meeting Gustaf Gabel, NoWay and FeelFIFA.”
He portrayed Nadine Gill for the magazine TOUR. Nadine used to work in the diplomatic service of Germany in Sao Paolo, where she discovered that she is an extremely talented cyclist. Back in Germany, she then focussed on her Olympic application for the next summer games. “Following a strenuous ride with her around Lake Chiemsee, not all too much was left of me that could photograph…”
Last but not least, Christian met up with his name twin and tenor Jonas Kaufmann : It was a great pleasure for me to photograph tenor Jonas Kaufmann, a charming person with an incredible voice. During the shoot, he suddenly started singing the aria of Rodolfo from Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. Just like that, and with a nonchalance that simply takes your breath away…”
GoSee : fcbayern.com///legends & jonaskaufmann.com & christiankaufmann.de
14.02.2022
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