Juergen Teller

Juergen Teller

Teller at the FILAF in 2013
Born (1964-01-28) January 28, 1964
Erlangen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Residence London, UK
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.

Education

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]

Life and career

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 Winona Ryder, Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, Harmony Korine, Roni Horn and others.[8]

Teller has also had long collaborations with other designers and fashion houses including Helmut Lang, Yves Saint Laurent (since 2005),[9] Vivienne Westwood,[10] and 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: The New York Times Style Magazine in 2015.

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

Teaching

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

Curating

In 2016, Teller curated an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs at Alison Jacques Gallery in London; he selected 58 images from the Mapplethorpe Foundation collection.[15]

Personal life

Teller is married to UK contemporary art dealer Sadie Coles.[16]

Publications

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,[17] 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[18] in The Netherlands; Inverleith House in Edinburgh and the Kunsthalle Mannheim.[19] Teller's work is included in the group exhibitions, Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now at ICP in New York,[20] Model As Muse at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[21] Click Double Click at the Haus der Kunst in Munich;[22] Street & Studio at the Tate Modern[23] in London; A Poem About an Inland Sea in the Ukrainian Pavilion[24] at the 52nd International Venice Biennale; and Fashioning Fiction at the Museum of Modern Art.[25]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Award

In 2003 Teller was awarded the Citibank Prize.

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. ↑ Anny Shaw (November 17, 2016), Juergen Teller reveals Mapplethorpe’s ‘gentler and more romantic side’ The Art Newspaper.
  16. ↑ Kathy Brewis, "Juergen Teller, the exhibitionist," The Times, May 11, 2008.
  17. ↑ Juergen Teller: Paradis, 15 – 29 January 2011 Galerie Johann König, Berlin.
  18. ↑ http://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/ Frans Hals Museum
  19. ↑ http://www.kunsthalle-mannheim.eu/ Kunsthalle Mannheim
  20. ↑ Time Magazine "Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now." 2009
  21. ↑ The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009.
  22. ↑ http://www.hausderkunst.de/hdk.de/index.php?StoryID=2624
  23. ↑ http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetandstudio/ Tate Modern
  24. ↑ http://pinchukfund.org/en/media/press-releases/2007/292.html Ukrainian Pavilion
  25. ↑ http://preview.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/128 Museum of Modern Art

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.