GERMANY ISSUE 126 Sep 2008

Kirstin Knufmann was born in Frechen, Germany, and studied photography at the Photo School of Cologne and the IDEP University, Barcelona. Today, she works as a freelance photographer in Munich, Hamburg and New York.

Kirstin moves between the genres of fashion and beauty photography. Her latest work is a production with Barbara Istvanova, winner of Elite Model Look Slovakia, 2007. Kirstin also recently shot for Tout Va Bien magazine, composing photographs with both poetic and dramatic elements. Styling on this shoot was done by Nini Gollong.

The photographer makes art as well as editorial photography and is comfortable working in both the studio and out on location. Her photo compositions show an intense black and white rhetoric, underlined with playful and dynamic colour variations.

Clients include Laux Design, Alida Hat Design, Ophelia Blaimer, Pro Sieben Television GmbH and many more. In September, some of Kirstin's photographs will be exposed during the Photokina trade fair in Cologne.