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AI, CGI, real - and everything in between. For his latest project centred on the Bugatti La Voiture Noire, Torsten Klinkow deliberately dissolves the boundary between documentary photography and digital construction.
Torsten tells GoSee: "Our starting point was the idea of dissolving the boundaries between reality and simulation - weaving AI, CGI and photographic fragments together so precisely that their transitions become imperceptible. Not simply as a technical exercise, but as an image-making practice: a work about perception, fiction and digital materiality.
A key moment was encountering the car itself during the 110th anniversary of Bugatti, where I was able to capture reference images - almost like visual notes for something that would later not be documented, but reconstructed.
At the centre was La Voiture Noire - this almost mythical one-off, valued at around €17 million, surrounded by speculation, legend, and rumours that it belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo. But more compelling than ownership is its aura: an object somewhere between engineering and apparition. Formally based on the Chiron and conceived as a tribute to the lost Type 57 SC Atlantic, the car carries an almost ghost-like historical depth. Its 8.0-litre W16 engine with 1,500 horsepower feels less like mechanics and more like an exaggerated symbol of excess, speed, and obsession.
What interested us was not just the car as an icon, but its digital rebirth. With meticulous precision, we reconstructed every detail for which no usable data or photographic references existed - surfaces, proportions, reflections, shadows, material behaviour.
The result is neither a conventional render nor pure photography, but a hybrid image where documentary reality and synthetic construction become inseparable. It is precisely within this in-between space that the real tension lies for us - when technology no longer merely represents, but begins to construct entirely new realities.”
“It isn’t a car - it’s a blackout. Pure presence, no noise, just 1500hp sitting there like it knows it already won.
One of one. Deep black carbon, stretched low, like a shadow that somehow became real.
Six exhausts in the back like a statement - not subtle, not sorry.
It carries old Bugatti ghosts, but flips them into something way more now, way more savage.
This thing doesn’t chase attention. It deletes everything around it.”
AI + CG project Bugatti La Voiture Noire by Torsten KLINKOW
Project: Bugatti - La Voiture Noire
Represented by: Severin Wendeler
Photographer: Torsten Klinkow
AI, CG: Ken&Torsten
Post Production: Torsten Klinkow
30.04.2026
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Photographer and visual artist Torsten Klinkow presents BOWLER BERLIN, an atmospheric project that pays homage to place, transience, and the surreal.
In an old factory building south of Berlin, he discovered a location that feels like a set from another era – industrial, abandoned, and full of visual tension. This is where BOWLER BERLIN was created for Berlin-based designer Martin Ruffert, whose label BOWLER BERLIN produces small-edition, individually crafted menswear.
The project bridges fashion and automotive culture – an aspect especially meaningful to Torsten Klinkow. He explains: “Last summer I worked on a shoot for a Berlin fashion designer south of Berlin. Yes, it was mainly fashion – but always with a link to cars. After so many automotive productions, it was incredibly inspiring to photograph fashion again, or in this case, to combine fashion and cars.”
The location itself became a central element of the visual narrative: “In a former pickle factory south of Berlin – hidden between old fish ponds and endless fields – I stumbled upon this almost surreal place: a hidden paradise for high-end classic cars.
It became the backdrop for our shoot with Berlin designer Martin Ruffert, surrounded by polished automotive icons and raw industrial poetry. The whole place felt more like a discovered film set than anything real. A huge thank-you to Edgar, Lorenz, Martin, Axel, and Yannick – couldn’t have created this vibe without you.”
Torsten Klinkow is represented by SEVERIN WENDELER.
02.12.2025
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A black Lamborghini Countach takes center stage – iconic, uncompromising, almost mythical. The setting feels like a half-dream: stage-like CGI elements loom around it, somewhere between architecture, sculpture, and digital fantasy – artificial in the best sense.
The Countach isn't simply photographed here, but staged like a cult object. The result feels less like a photoshoot and more like a memory that never actually happened. Speed meets standstill. Man meets machine. Nothing here seems entirely real – and that's precisely what makes it so powerful.
The Lamborghini Countach is an iconic car that holds legendary status in automotive history. It was not only a technical masterpiece of its time, but also a design statement. With its angular and aggressive design, the Countach was the epitome of futurism in the 1970s. The "scissor doors" (which open upwards) made the Countach instantly recognizable and are now one of the most distinctive features of Lamborghini style.
Torsten Klinkow is an automotive photographer and director who has made a name for himself primarily through his artistic photographs of vehicles. His photos are often more than just simple vehicle portraits – they tell a story, add movement to the image, and convey emotion. Torsten is represented by SEVERIN WENDELER.
09.06.2025
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