BART KUYKENS

b500 magazine

Photographer

Belgium-born Bart Kuykens successfully navigated both the art world and commercial photography since the outset of his career. Following the global success of his automotive art books ‘A Flat6 love affair’, he has attracted the attention of world-class actors, musicians, and media personalities who have become subjects of his grainy, visually-rich and powerful black and white portraits. D ear friends, What a year so far! 2020 should have been the year where I would photograph mainly the East Coast of the United States, but due to COVID, I could not travel as much as I wanted. Nevertheless, A FLAT6 LOVE AFFAIR - VOL 6 has been a fantastic experience. From Miami to Atlanta, from Savannah to Los Angeles...I still had a great time in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Additionally, I photographed some people in Europe to get your favourite black and white Porsche book ready on time. Just like in previous years, I will take pre-orders and ship them on a first-in-first-served basis.

I’ll expect the book to be ready the first week of November, so the first batch should go out that very same week!

A FLAT6 LOVE AFFAIR - VOL 6 Featuring: Albert Vara, Andre Lotterer, Anna Carrera, Ari Epstein, Chuck Beck, David Gause, Derek Bell, Eric Clarke, Hurley Haywood, Jaime Montserrat, Jay Kay, Jennifer Nicole, Jim Goodlett, Kai Burkhard, Kevin Jeannette, Luka van Hoenacker, Marc Watson, Mark Pribanic, Mike Carrigan, Mike Geisert, Mike van Osta, Pablo Lorenzo, Patricio Cuello, Patrick Dempsey, Pierre-Philip Hauteclair, Ray Shaffer, Regis Matthieu, Suneal Nandigam, Sven Grossman, Tine De Schepper, TJ Russell, Yordi Garcia Below is the forward from Alois Ruf from VOL 5.

I was first struck by the unique and distinctive sound experience of the 911 engine when the 901 prototype “Quickblau” passed my father and me on the autobahn. I was just a 14 year old chap that had just started his flat six love affair without knowing where this love story would take him. In this book Bart combines the expressiveness of black and white photography with the beautiful details of Nine elevens in a way that has never been done before. This collection of photographs doesn’t need much language, as Bart’s images speak for themselves: raw beauty of the classic 911 model and aficionados that have also been struck like me. It is the simplicity that capitalizes the wonderful work of art of Bart’s photography which perfectly aligns with the simplicity of the classic 911. This book allows anybody that isn’t car crazy yet to look through the lense of us petrol heads and will allow them to understand our love for the air cooled machines. Bart captures the essence of Porsche so beautifully that anyone who has not fallen in love will have his first flat six love affair by flipping through this book’s pages.

Chapeau Bart!

Alois Ruf