Rene Staud was born in Stuttgart in 1951. A top car photographer for five decades, he is renowned as one of the greatest innovators of automotive photography. His patented Magicflash (R) not only illuminated his art, but also revolutionised car photography in the studio. Rene Staud is still passionate about photography and the automotive world. He devotes his time to exhibitions, events and photo shows in galleries, thus, revealing fresh enthusiasm for automotive trends. After studying German and English language and literature and years as an apprentice at the magazine auto, motor und sport, Jurgen Lewandowski was head of the technology department at the magazine hobby before joining the Suddeutsche Zeitung in Munich as head of the car and traffic department. In the course of the past 35 years, Jurgen Lewandowski - whose library now comprises more than 4500 books on the subject of cars - has initiated, written and edited around 100 books on the history of the automobile and the development of new model series.