Juergen Teller
| Juergen Teller | |
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Teller at the FILAF in 2013
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| Born |
January 28, 1964 Erlangen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Residence | London, UK |
| Education | (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 |
Juergen Teller (born January 28, 1964) is a German artist and fine-art and fashion photographer.
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.
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. He employs a raw, overexposed style and he uses a Contax G2 camera with an onboard flash. He prefers to work in color, and regularly includes himself in his photographs. His fashion photographs have been featured in The Face,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. In 1997, Marc Jacobs began to collaborate with Teller's then-partner Venetia Scott to style his collections. 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 Winona Ryder, Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, Harmony Korine, Roni Horn and others.
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