Gallery - Olaf Köster

Wheels & Wake 2026 – Sand in My Shoes, Laughter in My Head

Smiling man with a long white beard behind the wheel of an old car with a painted headliner at Wheels and Wake

Glemseck 101 – The Faces Before the Start

Woman with the chequered flag standing on straw bales as a rider approaches at Glemseck 101

Giovanni – A Portrait in the Milan Heat

Builder Giovanni Mariani working on his raw aluminium Kawasaki KX250 at Deus Ex Machina in Milan

Wheels and Waves Biarritz – Finally Here – Shooting the coolest motorcycle festival in Europe

Two flat track riders, numbers 38 and 227, racing side by side on the dirt track at Wheels and Waves in Biarritz

No stage, no audience

Close-up of Fany Kammerlander's hand drawing the bow across her cello

I didn’t want to take portraits anymore…?

Black and white portrait of Martina laughing

Why I Prefer Photographing Women

Genoese artist bananats painting by the window, her reflection in the glass, black and white

The joy of togetherness

Three young filmmakers with a gimbal camera posing in front of a backdrop in the studio

A tribute to “Thelma & Louise”

Sara walking along a country road towards a light blue Alfa Romeo Spider, a tribute to Thelma & Louise

Two of my works at IPFO 2025 in Olten

Black and white portrait of Rihan, who lives with alopecia, framed by a patterned scarf

Staglieno Monumental Cemetery

Marble statue of a woman seen from behind at Staglieno Monumental Cemetery in Genoa

The Leica

Black Leica M rangefinder camera with a braided leather strap on a wooden table

Genua / 1 „Palazzo Sopranis“

Arched staircase with columns and balustrades in Palazzo Sopranis in Genoa, black and white

The Heuer Bundeswehr

Vintage Heuer Bundeswehr chronograph with black dial on a wooden table

The National Champion

Photography trainee Moritz smiling with his certificates as the guild's best graduate

Why a Blog?

Black and white architecture photo of a staircase railing in a museum in Munich

Analog – A Non-RomanticRetrospective

Blue evening light over the Grand Canyon, shot on Kodachrome 64 slide film