Juergen Teller

Juergen Teller

Juergen Teller in 2013
Born (1964-01-28) January 28, 1964
Erlangen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Residence London, U.K
Ethnicity German
Czech
Education Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie (now the Munich University of Applied Sciences), 1984–1986, Munich, Germany
Occupation fashion photographer, fine-art photographer
Years active 1986－present
Agent CLM/Camilla Lowther
Style Minimalism, beauty of imperfection, "amateur" aesthetic, humanizing aesthetic
Home town Bubenreuth and Nuremberg, Germany
Spouse(s) Sadie Coles
(2003–present, 1 child)
Partner(s) Venetia Scott
(1990–2003, 1 child)
Children 2
Website www.juergenteller.com

Juergen Teller (born January 28, 1964) is a German artist and fine-art and fashion photographer.

Life and career

Teller studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, Germany (1984–1986). In order to avoid military national service he learned English and, at the age of 22, moved to London in 1986.[1]

Teller’s work, in books, magazines or exhibitions, is marked by his refusal to separate the commercial fashion pictures and his mostly autobiographical un-commissioned images.[2] He employs a raw, overexposed style and he uses a Contax G2 camera with an onboard flash.[3] He prefers to work in color,[4] and regularly includes himself in his photographs. His fashion photographs have been featured in The Face,[5] Vogue (US, France, England, Italy), Another Magazine, Index, W Magazine, Self Service, Details, Purple, i-D and 032c, among others.

Teller first gained wider recognition in 1996 with his front cover of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine featuring a nude Kristen McMenamy with the word ‘Versace’ drawn in a heart across her chest.[6] In 1997, Marc Jacobs began to collaborate with Teller's then-partner Venetia Scott to style his collections.[7] Since 1998, Teller has shot campaigns for Marc Jacobs. For the brand's 2005 campaign, he photographed himself with Cindy Sherman. Other collaborations for Marc Jacobs campaigns involved, among others, Winona Ryder, Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, Harmony Korine, and Roni Horn.[8]

Teller has also had long collaborations with other designers and fashion houses over the years including Helmut Lang, Yves Saint Laurent (since 2005),[9] Vivienne Westwood.[10] He has recently collaborated with Céline.[11] He frequently works with the musician Björk.[12] Teller has also photographed many artists, including William Eggleston and Roni Horn.[13] He photographed American rapper Kanye West for T Magazine's 2015 culture issue, published in April 2015.

Teller has also directed several short films including Can I Own Myself in 1998 in which he also appears.[14]

Teller is married to UK contemporary art dealer Sadie Coles.[15]

2014 Juergen Teller became Professor of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.

Exhibitions

Teller first participated in group shows at art photography museums such as The Photographers' Gallery in London (1999) and the Fotomuseum Winterthur (2000). Shortly after he published his Märchenstüberl series,[16] his work has been exhibited worldwide in solo exhibitions at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art in Paris; Munchner Fotomuseum in Munich; Museum Folkwang in Essen; Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna; Frans Hals Museum[17] in The Netherlands; Inverleith House in Edinburgh and the Kunsthalle Mannheim.[18] Teller's work is included in the group exhibitions, Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now at ICP in New York,[19] Model As Muse at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[20] Click Double Click at the Haus der Kunst in Munich; Street & Studio at the Tate Modern[21] in London; A Poem About an Inland Sea in the Ukrainian Pavilion[22] at the 52nd International Venice Biennale; and Fashioning Fiction at the Museum of Modern Art.[23]

Solo Shows

Group Shows

Recognition

In 2003 Teller was awarded the Citibank Prize.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Juergen Teller - Biography European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.
  2. ↑ Juergen Teller: Ukraine, 7 February – 15 March, 2008 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York.
  3. ↑ Horyn, Cathy, "When is a Fashion ad not a Fashion ad," The New York Times, April 10, 2008.
  4. ↑ Juergen Teller - Biography European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.
  5. ↑ Paul Jobling, "Fashion spreads: word and image in fashion photography since 1980", p.36, Berg Publishers, 1999
  6. ↑ Juergen Teller: Ohne Titel Steidl Publishing.
  7. ↑ Amy Larocca (August 17, 2008), Straight Shooter New York Magazine.
  8. ↑ Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998-2009 Steidl Publishing.
  9. ↑ Juergen Teller - Biography European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.
  10. ↑ Larocca, Amy, "Straight Shooter," New York Magazine, August 17, 2008.
  11. ↑ http://www.designscene.net/2010/08/celine-fall-winter-by-juergen-teller.html
  12. ↑ Index Magazine, "Bjork with Juergen Teller." 2001.
  13. ↑ http://www.wmagazine.com/artdesign/2009/11/roni_horn
  14. ↑ Juergen Teller - Biography European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.
  15. ↑ Kathy Brewis, "Juergen Teller, the exhibitionist," The Times, May 11, 2008.
  16. ↑ Juergen Teller: Paradis, 15 – 29 January 2011 Galerie Johann König, Berlin.
  17. ↑ http://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/ Frans Hals Museum
  18. ↑ http://www.kunsthalle-mannheim.eu/ Kunsthalle Mannheim
  19. ↑ Time Magazine "Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now." 2009
  20. ↑ The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009.
  21. ↑ http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetandstudio/ Tate Modern
  22. ↑ http://pinchukfund.org/en/media/press-releases/2007/292.html Ukrainian Pavilion
  23. ↑ http://preview.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/128 Museum of Modern Art

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