‘Whimsical Magazine, Tales Of Portraits... Whimsical Magazine is a new independent fortnightly publication aiming to highlight and sublimize portrait photography in all its forms, envisioned as a work of art. Additionally to awesome and unique editorial or commercial portraits, every issue will consist of interviews and articles spotlighting talents, from every part of the world, who will inspire every photography and image enthusiast and stimulate you to excel in your art,in order to make you live your passion more completely. Passion, creativity, emotion and audacity are our 4 watchwords. Introducing Kirk.. Kirk Tischbein is the photographer behind the lens. Although he did not receive an artistic education strictly speaking, Kirk grew up in a family environment conducive to artistic expression. Thus, he had the chance to live fully his taste for the plastic and visual arts, until discovering a true passion for photography. ‘I have been creative most of my adult life, in one form or another. I like the edge photography can give me. It’s a very broad genre, one I love to focus on.(...) I do not have an artistic education, but my family is historically very artistic and I have always had a need to create. I started with drone photography and moved to a camera.’ For now, Kirk keeps experimenting his skills for portrait photography, being inspired by the work of a large range of huge international artists like Annie Leibovitz, Dan Winters, Joel Grimes, and Brodie Butler, until he will find his own path through this fascinating art, always in motion… «Every face I see seems to hide and sometimes fleetingly reveal the mystery of another human being.» Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (famous for his portrait of Che Guevara) Have a good read!’