Yes, now I finally have time for it!

Just the other day I had a quick look in a cupboard before I had to leave for the airport because I was missing a caption for my next book. I knew that I would find something in an old Porsche calendar.

And then there are four boxes in there labelled ‘customer bags’. These were the kind of bags that used to hold everything that belonged to an order – 35mm strips, cost estimates… Later they were called ‘Laufmappe’. I didn’t open one on purpose, otherwise I’d still be sitting in front of the cupboard.

But – yes, I do look in my archive more often now. If only to sort things out a bit – I’ve accumulated several million pictures over the decades.

And every time I look in a folder, I remember the stories behind the photos.

That’s one reason why I started this website: That I can now also tell the story behind the pictures.

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Because I was passionate about beautiful vehicles even earlier than photography – and over time, the two passions have organically grown together.

There are photos of me as a little boy, sitting in our yard on my father’s motorbike (which was our family vehicle back then) and beaming from ear to ear.

Later, as a schoolchild, I flattened my nose against a Porsche that was parked in our neighbourhood.

Beautiful, fast cars were always my thing.

And when I thought about how I could better utilise my open-plan studio in the early 80s – we photographed a lot of furniture back then, stoves, more ‘domestic’ things – it made sense for me to bring cars into the studio.

Nobody did that back then.

Until then, cars had always been photographed outside, in the landscape.

That’s how my car photography began.

All the time. Every day. At least on the days when I’m not travelling for the studios – at exhibitions, trade fairs, rallies, events…

My two sons, Pascal and Patrick, have been running Staud Studios for several years. I no longer have anything to do with the operational business.

I now have the luxury of taking care of things that I didn’t have time for during my ‘active’ years: Putting together new books, preparing exhibitions, giving lectures – and looking after enthusiasts’ projects, such as the Car Art “Porsche Edition”.