Corwin von Kuhwede

Corwin von Kuhwede (also Ronny Pleil ) (* 1979 in Leipzig ) is a German photographer who has specialized in the areas of artistic nude photography and portrait photography .

Life

Von Kuhwede is self-taught and began photography in 2005. He has been working as a freelance photographer since 2007 and runs his own studio in Leipzig.

From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of DVF and from 2014 to 2018 a member of freelens eV .

He worked for magazines such as Politico , Cover Magazin or PRINZ as well as for clients such as RTL and Bauer Media Group . His photos have been published in numerous magazines and journals, including Spiegel Online , Stern.de , Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan Russia, Woman Russia, Brigitte , Das Magazin , Berliner Kurier , BILD , Hamburger Abendblatt and many more. In the course of his work he portrayed numerous prominent personalities such as Sebastian Krumbiegel , Else Buschheuer , Udo Reiter , Christian von Aster , Cheryl Shepard and Bertram Engel .

Publications

• Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography Vol. 4, Running Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0762449446
• Fineart Photo No. 8, ISBN 978-3981178883
• Best of Photography 2011 . PFMagazine
• My secret eye 25 . Bankruptcy book . 2010, ISBN 978-3887695255
• Whisper of Pentecost . Edition PaperONE. 2010, ISBN 978-3941134461
• Passion for nude photography - insights into the most intimate of all genres . Rheinwerk . 2016, ISBN 978-3836234474
• Stories of a Wall (illustrated book). Self-published. 2013, ISBN 978-3000423499
• The authentic portrait . Rheinwerk . 2017, ISBN 978-3836243254

Exhibitions

• Muldental photo show , 2007, 2008 and 2011, Sparkasse Grimma
• Masquerade of Life , 2008, University of Telecommunications Leipzig
• Germany's best photographer , 2009, photokina Cologne
• Wave Gotik, 2010 , Westwerk Leipzig
• Group exhibition , 2012, Brooks Institute California
• 8th portrait photo show , 2012, Saxon State Parliament Dresden
• 100 Pictures of the Year , 2011, touring exhibition of the Society for Photography
• Ressurrection , 2012, Oscar Kokoschka House, Austria
• DOCMA Award , 2014, Museum for Communication Frankfurt
• Ways of Art , 2014, Westwerk Leipzig
• Leipzig in Black , 2016, City History Museum Leipzig
• 25 years of Wave Gotik Treffen , 2016, Leipzig Central Station
• OSTRALE Biennale 17 "re-form", 2017, Dresden

Prizes and awards

• 2nd place round 3 , Canon Profi Photo Gallery, 2006
• Award for best overall performance , Muldental photo show, 2007
• Award for best overall performance , Muldental photo show, 2009
• 1st place Aesthetic Nude , Germany's best photographer, audio-video-photo-image , 2009
• Finalist , 1st Annual Spring College Photography Contest, 2011
• 1st place black and white , Muldental photo show, 2011
• 3rd place , Best of Photography, PFMagazine, 2011
• Finalist , FEP European Fine Art Photograph of the Year Award, 2011
• Prize from the German Association for Photography , 2012
• Special Prize of the Society for Photography , 2012
• 1st place , I AM DIFFERENT, CEWE & NIKON , 2015
• 4th place , Portrait Live Award, category "black and white": 4th place, 2020

Web links

• Website Corwin von Kuhwede (commissioned work)
• Website Corwin von Kuhwede (private work)
• Portfolio of photo shoots from Leipzig
• Interview: UNPACKED - women and their handbags , DRADIO Wissen , 2016
• Interview: I want to paper the world , Leipziger Internet Zeitung , 2016
• Interview and photo series: What is the woman carrying around , Spiegel Online , 2016