portraiture & celebrity photography

May 2015

Bernhard Kühmstedt

Munich

Bernhard Kühmstedt is based in Munich and has shot numerous international celebrities including Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Jeff Koons, Pink, Heidi Klum, Justin Timberlake and many more. Virtually all German celebrities from the fields of music and entertainment have been photographed by Bernhard for editorial or advertising spreads. His skills with portraiture also make real people shoots one of his strong assets for advertising photography.

Regardless of whether the shoot lasts five minutes or stretches over a number of days involving a large crew or a small team, Bernhard always creates spontaneous and well composed moments with his subjects.

He also produces film projects and works worldwide, or from his loft-like studio in Munich.

Clients include Stern Magazine, Spiegel Magazine, Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Joy, Bunte, Gala, Musikexpress, Audi, BMG/Sony, EMI, Universal, Thyssen-Krupp Presta, Trumpf, Specktakulär and H+P.