"And the shark has teeth"

The Frankfurt-based photographer staged his person and his body with much winking and calls his series, where he worked for several years, "The art of loving yourself ...... and maybe two others." By the distinctive design To Kuehne is booked as a model, as in the recent commercial featuring Lukas Podolski for a German banking group.

"The art of loving yourself .... and two others maybe" from To Kuehne

Self-presentation, sex and irony

In large letters emblazoned the tattoo "SEXY" on the belly of To Kuehne. Steely muscles and a washboard stomach To Kuehne has nothing to offer, but he will not have to. "How does a tattoo but only for a fat man," said the Frankfurt-based photographer and takes and the general obsession with beauty for a ride. In its long-term project, NFL Super Bowl Rings  "The art of loving yourself ...... and maybe two other" is all about the Person To Kuehne. The results of the photo series lead but not in a superficial and narcissistic self-promotion. Irony and humor stuck in all recordings. He drummed less desperate than Oskar against a blonde beauty or presented as honest German husband in front of flowery wallpaper. When it comes to love, the photographer is but seriously: "Only those who love themselves, others may love it!"

Each of his photos has a subject: It is after a famous work of art, processed scenes from a movie or parodying a certain zeitgeist. Although To Kuehne acts not always herself as a model, so his portrait appeared on certainly somewhere in the background - there is much to discover in the photos. The photographs were taken with a digital camera worked, Kuehne elaborate on the computer. All elements except the models are retrofitted into the composition, even the shadows are painted with the Photoshop software to artificial wallpaper. This creates a three-dimensionality like a page in a pop-up or pop-up picture book.

Photographer To Kuehne was born in 1967, has more than 20 years in the field of painting, photography and music. Inspired by his paintings, with a focus portrait and act itself To Kuehne has in recent years focused more on the field of photography. In his paintings, but there are always references or elements of his painting production.