Porsche Paparazzo: A Chat With 911 Photographer Bart Kuykens

The Porsche 911 is one of the major culprits responsible for starting millions of love affairs with the automobile. It is depicted in countless publications, it has worn almost every hat in the catalog when it comes to motorsport ventures, and to each person the 911 represents something slightly different—it all depends on your frame of reference and tastes. Bart Kuykens is one of many that have fallen for these unique cars with flat-six engines mounted “in the trunk,” and his 1970 911T was featured in one of the brand’s promotional campaigns surrounding the recently-unveiled 992 generation of the longstanding sports car. His story goes back much further than that, though.

Bart is a guy who’s loved Porsche since he was a child, and he’s mixed together his passion for analog Leicas and vintage Porsches to make a seven-volume book series called A Flat 6 Love Affair in which he hunts and captures the essence of the relationships between owner and car in a beautiful book of black and white imagery. I recently spent some time with Bart and sat down with him to ask a few questions about how he got here.

Read the full article at: https://petrolicious.com/articles/porsche-paparazzo-a-chat-with-911-photographer-bart-kuykens

Text By @Alvautomotiv - Images by: Mike Crawat

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