Juergen Teller's work showcases over thirty years of fashion and editorial photography, distinguished by his unique blend of candidness and humor. This groundbreaking volume features a mix of photography and collage, offering an insightful and personal look into his artistic journey. Through his wry narrative, Teller invites readers to explore the intersection of his life experiences and creative expression in the world of fashion.
The visual memoir captures a spontaneous road trip taken by Harmony Korine, Juergen Teller, and William Eggleston, along with his son, from Memphis to Mississippi. Through a blend of candid portraits and evocative images of the American landscape, the book highlights their intimate connection and shared experiences. It features striking photographs of gas stations, abandoned towns, and everyday life, while also revisiting Eggleston's iconic motifs. Eggleston himself is prominently featured, showcasing his distinctive style and presence throughout the journey.
Exploring profound themes of life and death, this project showcases a poignant series that reflects on the loss of the photographer's uncle and step-father. It intertwines intimate images of his mother and Bavarian homeland with symbolic representations of fertility and vitality captured during a trip to Bhutan with his partner. The book emerges from a collaborative exhibition, offering a deeply personal narrative that connects personal grief with broader themes of existence and renewal.
Funny, sexy, exotic and a bit scandalous, this book brings together all of London-based photographer Juergen Teller's images for Vivienne Westwood's Spring/Summer 2008 campaign. In typical fashion, Teller photographed the collection by creating a highly theatrical mis-en-scène which involved the collaboration of not only the models but the legendary designer herself. Borrowing the theme, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God from George Bernard Shaw's controversial 1932 novel of the same name--which is engagingly excerpted here--this collection has a strangely riveting quality that is enhanced in Teller's suggestive photographs by such props as plantains, tribal masks, tropical birds, machine guns, spears and various exotic animal hides.
The studio of photographer Juergen Teller, best known for his fashion pictures, is located in a tiny street in West London. And it is the front door of his studio that somehow seems to play the leading role in this book. During one year, from May 1998 to May 1999, Teller was visited by hundreds of girls, sent to him by agencies for a casting shoot. At the beginning of this book there was a simple idea that struck why not photograph all his young female visitors and turn the result into a convincing conceptual piece of art photography? The result is striking, sometimes funny, and makes us question the fashion industry and its world of models. We encounter girls, mostly around the age of 16 or 17, presenting themselves to the photographer in the hope of a great career. Sometimes they come alone, sometimes in groups, sometimes accompanied by their parents. Captured in different lights of the changing seasons, but always at the entrance of Teller's studio, the portraits seem to melt into one single portrait - that of the one and only model, whatever she might look like.
Juergen Teller's revised edition showcases a curated selection of images from his original work, blending iconic advertising campaigns for luxury brands with fashion editorial photography. Featuring celebrities and models, Teller's subversive style redefines handbags as everyday items rather than mere luxury commodities. The book highlights the shift towards celebrity endorsement and includes playful contexts, like handbags on vegetables or taxidermy. Compact and tactile, this edition makes the fashion world more accessible to all, echoing the charm of the handbag itself.
Juergen Teller's latest work explores the "legs up" fertility myth through a playful lens, capturing intimate moments with his wife, Dovile Drizyte, as they embark on starting a family. Set in the enchanting Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, the project features evocative images across its 97 unique rooms, showcasing Drizyte's body in various forms. The work draws on themes of motherhood and family, enhanced by the hotel's art, creating a deeply personal narrative that reflects the couple's creative bond and the serendipity of their journey together.
The book captures the profound spirituality of the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, a site rich in history and religious significance. Juergen Teller, accompanied by his Lithuanian wife and her family, explores this sacred location through intimate photography, showcasing over 100,000 crucifixes and intricate sculptures. His work not only highlights the dense iconography but also serves as a personal tribute to influential figures in his life, including the late Vivienne Westwood and Suzanne Tarasieve, intertwining themes of loss and inspiration within the landscape.
Juergen Teller's work showcases a non-conformist style that blends seriousness with self-irony, reflecting his curiosity about life. Accompanying his major exhibitions in Paris and Milan, the book highlights Teller's storytelling through various genres, including portraiture and self-portraits. It explores themes of life's unpredictability, mourning the loss of collaborators like Vivienne Westwood, while also celebrating personal milestones such as the birth of his third child and his creative partnership with his wife, Dovile Drizyte.
This book highlights Juergen Teller's collaboration with Dennis Freedman for W magazine and Barneys from 1999 to 2016. It showcases Teller's unique, anti-commercial style through iconic series featuring supermodels and creative shoots in unexpected locations, revealing his evolving artistic freedom and non-conformist approach to fashion photography.