"For me, street photography is only a term that describes photography in a space created by humans.
I want to capture this space with all its facets for myself. And this with the equally numerous facets of photography, be it documentary, aesthetic, abstract or humorous".
My name is Torsten "TeeKay" Köster.
I was born 1970 and I am based in Stuttgart (Germany). My work as a photographer is focused on Street - and Urban Photography.
Parts of my work were shown in several international individual and group exhibitions, as well as published in books and magazines.
Contact me for prints, jobs, exhibitions, workshops or just a chat.
I'm a nice guy and I don't bite ;)
Exhibitions
2022 | Group Exhibition "Seelenburgen, Menschenwogen. Großstadt in Poesie und Fotografie" at the Heinrich Heine Institut in Düsseldorf
2021 | Group Exhibition as part of the Photo Competition of the Swiss Photo Club at Strzelski Gallery in Stuttgart
2021 | Group Exhibition "Mein Kiez" at the 2nd German Streetphotography Festival in Hamburg
2019 | Group Exhibition "Mein Kiez" at the German Streetphotography Festival in Hamburg
2018 | Group Exhibition "Streets sans Frontières" in Paris
2017 | Group Exhibition "Streets sans Frontières" in Paris
2016 | Individual Exhibition "Stadt | Mitte" at the Gallery Pixxl in Stuttgart
2016 | Group Exhibition as part of the art competition "Demenz im Rahmen" in Stuttgart
2013 | Individual Exhibition "Kesselsicht" at the care center Bethanien in Stuttgart
Books
2023 | Co Author of the book "Streetfotografie - made in Germany 2nd Edition" Published by Rheinwerk Verlag
2020 | Title, Portraits and Picture Editing for the Book "Wie an der Schwelle eines neuen Lebens" by Franciska Bohl
2018 | Published in: "Urban Photographer Of The Year Coffee Table Book 2018"
2018 | Published in: "World Street Photography 5"
2018 | Co Author of the book "Streetfotografie - made in Germany". Published by Rheinwerk Verlag
2016 | Published in: "WeStreet 2016 - Street Photography around the Globe"
2015 | Published in: "WeStreet 2015 - Street Photography around the Globe"
Awards
2018 | Highly commended on The Societies Monochrome Photography Competition 2018
2018 | German Photobook Bronze Award for Streetfotografie - made in Germany
2018 | "Hourly Winner" at "Urban Photographer of the Year Contest"
2017 | "Artist of the week" in JaamZIN Art Magazine
2017 | 25 bemerkenswerte Streetfotografen 2017 selected by Oliver Krumes.
2016 | "Photographer of the Day" at Photofokus
2016 | "Picture of the Day" at Street Core Photography
2016 | Bronze Award in the art competition "Demenz im Rahmen"
2016 | Mark of Excellence at I-shot-it Black and White Competition 2/2016
2015 | "Photographer of the Day" at Photofokus
Interviews & Features
2021 | Photo Love Story about Stuttgart in the online magazine "Ticket" of Stuttgarter Straßenbahn AG
2020 | Article by Ricoh about my trip to Lithuania. Presented on the Ricoh/Pentax Portfolio Site.
2019 | Interview about my "Merry X-Mess" Series on Stuttgarter Nachrichten online
2019 | Article with two pictures from the book "Streetfotografie - made in Germany" in "Pictures" Magazine
2018 | Featured in Eye-Photo Magazine
2018 | Listed at germanstreetphotography.com. The place to go for german street photography.
2017 | Listed at the Übersicht Straßenfotografie Deutschland by Martin U. Waltz
2017 | Interview with Soul of Street
2017 | Interview with Fuji X Passion Magazin
2017 | Short portrait in der StZ anlässlich der Instagram Kanal-Übernahme.
2017 | Kanalübernahme des Instagram Accounts der Stuttgarter Zeitung
2016 | Interview with Eye-Photo Magazine
2016 | Article about the art competition "Demenz im Rahmen" der Stuttgarter Zeitung
2016 | Article about the art competition "Demenz im Rahmen" des Stadtanzeigers Filder
References
2019 | Testimonial for Ricoh GR III
2019 | Part of the photographer team at gig-blog.de
2018 | Press Photos for the author Birte Stährmann