German fine-art and fashion photographer (born 1964)
Juergen Teller (born 28 January 1964) is a German
fine-art and
fashion photographer . He was awarded the Citibank Prize for Photography in 2003 and received the Special Presentation
International Center of Photography Infinity Award in 2018.
Major solo exhibitions of his work have been organised at Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris (2006); Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2010); Dallas Contemporary, TX (2011); Daelim Museum, Seoul (2011); Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2013); Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2015); Kunsthalle Bonn, Germany (2016), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2018), Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris (2023). Self-portraiture has been a prominent feature of his practice and was the main focus of his 'Macho' exhibition at DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece (2014).
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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 moved to London in 1986, aged 22.
[2]
Career
Since the beginning his career in the late 1980s, Teller has blurred the boundaries between his commissioned and personal work in his numerous campaigns, editorials, publications and exhibitions. Teller treats all of his subjects—family members, celebrities, and himself with a uniform style of grit, raw emotion and humour that has become his iconic and recognizable aesthetic.
[3]
His photographs have appeared in
Arena Homme + ,
The Face ,
i-D ,
032c ,
Pop ,
Purple , Self Service,
W ,
Vogue (American, Australian,
British ,
French ,
Italian , Japanese,
Polish ) and
Zeit magazin among others.
[4] He photographed
Kylie Minogue for the artwork of her 1991 album
Let's Get to It . 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.
[5]
In 1997,
Marc Jacobs worked with Teller's then-partner,
Venetia Scott to style his collections and Teller shot
Kim Gordon from
Sonic Youth for the Spring Summer 1998 campaign.
[6]
Juergen Teller in Haarlem, 2003
For the brand's 2005 campaign, he photographed himself with
Cindy Sherman and also collaborated with
Winona Ryder ,
Sofia Coppola ,
Helena Bonham Carter ,
Michael Stipe ,
Rufus Wainwright and
Harmony Korine amongst others until the SS2014 campaign.
[7] Teller has also collaborated with a range of other designers and fashion houses during his career, including
Helmut Lang ,
Yves Saint Laurent ,
[2]
Vivienne Westwood ,
[8]
Céline ,
[9]
Missoni ,
Moschino ,
Barney's ,
Louis Vuitton ,
[10]
Adidas ,
[11]
Palace
[12] and
Valentino .
Teller has photographed many celebrities, musicians, artists and photographers, including
Arnold Schwarzenegger ,
O. J. Simpson ,
Kurt Cobain ,
Bjork ,
Kate Moss ,
Elton John ,
Pelé ,
David Hockney ,
Roni Horn ,
Sarah Lucas ,
William Eggleston ,
Boris Mikhailov and
Araki Nobuyoshi .
[13] He photographed American rapper
Kanye West for
T: The New York Times Style Magazine and shot the 'Kanye, Juergen and Kim' supplement for System featuring Kanye West and
Kim Kardashian as well as himself in 2015.
[14] The actress
Charlotte Rampling has been a long term collaborator, appearing in Teller's Louis XV series which was exhibited at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin and published by Steidl as a book in 2005,
[15] and the Paradis photographs shot at Musée du Louvre in 2009.
[16]
Teller has directed several fashion films, short films and artist videos including Can I Own Myself (1998), Go-Sees
[17] (2001), World Cup Final, Germany 0 Brazil 2 London (2002), Schmetterling' (2005) and Dieter (2017).
[2]
Teaching
Teller was Professor of Photography at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 2014 to 2019.
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Curating
In 2016, Teller curated an exhibition of
Robert Mapplethorpe 's photographs at Alison Jacques Gallery in London where he selected 58 images from the Mapplethorpe Foundation collection.
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Personal life
Teller was married to UK contemporary art dealer
Sadie Coles from 2003 to 2018.
[20]
Teller married Dovile Drizyte in 2021.
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Publications
Juergen Teller. Cologne: Taschen, 1996
Der verborgene Brecht. Ein Berliner Stadtrundgang. Zurich: Scalo, 1998
Go-Sees: Girls Knocking on My Door. Zurich: Scalo, 1999.
ISBN
978-3908247142 .
[22]
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Remake Berlin. Steidl Verlag, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Bank Hofmann AG, 1999
Tracht. Göttingen:
Steidl /Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 2001
More. Göttingen: Steidl, 2001
Märchenstüberl. Göttingen: Steidl, 2002
Zwei Schäuferle mit Kloß und eine Kinderportion Schnitzel mit Pommes Frites. Göttingen: Steidl, 2003
Nackig auf dem Fußballplatz. Göttingen: Steidl, 2003
Louis XV. Göttingen: Steidl, 2004
Ich bin Vierzig. Göttingen: Steidl, 2004
The Master. Göttingen: Steidl, 2004
Ohne Titel. Göttingen: Steidl, 2005
Nürnberg. Göttingen: Steidl, 2006
Ed in Japan. Paris: Purple publications, 2006
Jürgen Teller, Do You Know What I Mean. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain/London-New York:
Thames & Hudson , 2006
Juergen Teller Vivienne Westwood, Spring Summer 2008. Göttingen: Steidl, 2008
Election Day, Vivienne Westwood, Spring Summer 2009. Göttingen: Steidl, 2009
Juergen Teller: Marc Jacobs Advertising 1997-2008. Göttingen: Steidl, 2008
The Master II. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010
Zimmermann. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010
The Deste Foundation Collection. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010
Get a Life, Vivienne Westwood Spring Summer 2010. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010
Calves and Thighs. TF Editore, 2010
Touch Me. Reel, 2011
Hotel Il Pellicano. Italy: Slim Arons, John Swope, Juergen Teller, Rizzoli 2011
Common Ground. Marsilio Editoria, 2012
The Keys to the House. Göttingen: Steidl, 2012
Pictures and Text Göttingen: Steidl, 2012
The Master III Göttingen: Steidl, 2012
Woo! Juergen Teller Steidl and ICA, 2013
Eating at Hotel Il Pellicano. Violette Editions, 2013
Kolkata. The Juergen Teller Purple Book, Purple Institute, 2014
I'm Fifty. Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, 2014
Araki Teller, Teller Araki. , Eyesencia, 2014. With
Nobuyoshi Araki
I Just Arrived in Paris. (Louis Vuitton AW2014), Göttingen: Steidl, 2014
Siegerflieger Göttingen: Steidl, 2015
The Flow. (Louis Vuitton SS2015), Göttingen: Steidl, 2015
Season Three. (Louis Vuitton AW2015), Göttingen: Steidl, 2015
The Clinic. Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, 2015
Mit dem Teller nach Bonn. Steidl/Bundeskunsthalle, 2016
Boris Mikhailov, Parliament. Rodovid, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017
Vivienne Westwood, Andreas Kronthaler, Juergen Teller. In Other Words, 2017
Leg, Snails and Peaches. Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, 2018
The Master IV. Göttingen: Steidl, 2019
Handbags. Göttingen: Steidl, 2019
Mmm!. Göttingen: Steidl, 2019
TELLER ABLOH. Fine Print/Prestel, 2019
50 Times Bonami and Obrist. Göttingen: Steidl, 2019
Plumtree Court. Göttingen: Steidl, 2020
Leben und Tod: Nobuyoshi Araki and Juergen Teller. Göttingen: Steidl, 2020
The Nipple, Annual Series No.7. Oakland California: TBW, 2020
William Eggleston 414. Göttingen: Steidl, 2020. With
Harmony Korine .
ISBN
978-3-95829-763-0 .
Donkey Man and Other Stories. New York: Rizzoli, 2021.
ISBN
978-0-8478-7077-6 .
Auguri. Göttingen: Steidl, 2022. With Dovile Drizyte.
ISBN
978-3-96999-093-3 .
Notes About My Work. Göttingen: Steidl, 2022.
ISBN
978-3-96999-135-0 .
The Master V. Göttingen: Steidl, 2022.
ISBN
978-3-96999-134-3 .
Awards
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
1998 Juergen Teller,
The Photographers' Gallery , London
2002 Märchenstüberl, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Germany
2002 Märchenstüberl,
Museum Folkwang , Essen, Germany
2003 Märchenstüberl,
Galleria d'Arte Moderna , Bologna, Italy
2003 Märchenstüberl,
Frans Hals Museum , Haarlem, Netherlands
2003 Tracht,
Kunsthalle Mannheim , Mannheim, Germany
2004 Go-sees and World cup Final, Germany v Brazil 0-2 Temple Bar Visual Arts, Dublin, Ireland
2004 Ich bin Vierzig,
Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna, Austria
2006 Do You Know What I Mean,
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain , Paris
2007 Awailable,
Inverleith House , Edinburgh, Scotland
2009 Teller,
Frans Hals Museum , Haarlem, Netherlands
2009 Logisch,
Kunsthalle Nürnberg , Germany
2010 Touch Me,
Le Consortium , Dijon, France
2011 Man with Banana,
Dallas Contemporary , US
2011 Texte und Bilder,
Moscow House of Photography , Russia
2011 Texte und Bilder,
Brukenthal National Museum , Sibiu, Romania
2012 Bilder und Texte, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, London, UK
2013 Woo!,
Institute of Contemporary Arts , London
2014 Bus Stops,
Strand, London
2014 Macho,
Deste Foundation , Athens, Greece
2016 Enjoy Your Life!,
Bundeskunsthalle , Bonn, Germany
2016 Enjoy Your Life!,
Galerie Rudolfinum , Prague, Czech Republic
2017 Enjoy Your Life!,
Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin, Germany
2017 Juergen Teller,
Kunstpalais Erlangen [
de ] , Germany
2017 Juergen Teller, Great Arch Hall,
Photo London , Somerset House, London
2018 Enjoy Your Life!,
Fotomuseum Winterthur , Switzerland
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2018 Zittern auf dem Sofa,
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art , Moscow, Russia
[27]
2019 Handbags, Museo Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy
[28]
2019 Heimweh, Konig Tokio x MCM Ginza Haus I, Tokyo
[29]
2021 What Are We Talking About?, T-10, Beijing, China
[30]
2023 I need to live, Grand Palais, Paris, France
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Curated exhibitions
2016 Teller on Mapplethorpe, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Selected Group exhibitions
Citibank Photography Prize , The Photographers Gallery, London (2003)
The Kate Show , The Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2006)
2007: represented Ukraine as one of five artists in the 52nd
Venice Biennale
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Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography , Tate Modern, London (2008)
Not in Fashion , MMK Museum, Frankfürt, Germany (2010)
Night in Twilight: Art from Romanticism to the Present , Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria (2012)
Riotous Baroque , Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland (2012), toured to Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain (2013)
Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars and Artists , Centre Pompidou, Metz, France (2014)
Faces Now: European Portrait Photography Since 1990 , BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, toured to Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, and National Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (2015-2016)
VOGUE 100: A Century of Style , National Portrait Gallery, London and Manchester Art Gallery (2016)
La Vie Simple - Simplement la Vie , Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France (2017)
Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography 1911-2011 , J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2018)
The Exhausted Man , Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (2020)
E/Motion. Fashion in Transition , MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp, Belgium (2021)
Captivate! Fashion Photography from the 1990s. Curated by Claudia Schiffer , Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany (2021)
Vogue Paris-100 years-1920-2020 , Palais Galliera, Paris, France (2021)
Collections
Teller's work is held in the following permanent collections:
References
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"JUERGEN TELLER: MACHO - DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art - Athens - Greece" . deste.gr . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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Juergen Teller - Biography
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Wayback Machine European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.
^ Dazed (23 May 2016).
"Why Juergen Teller puts himself in his photos" . Dazed . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"CLM – Artist" . clm-agency.com . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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Juergen Teller: Ohne Titel Steidl Publishing.
^ Amy Larocca (August 17, 2008),
Straight Shooter
New York .
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Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998-2009 Steidl Publishing.
^ Larocca, Amy,
"Straight Shooter," New York , August 17, 2008.
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"Céline Fall Winter by Juergen Teller" . Design Scene - Fashion, Photography, Style & Design . 22 August 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2018 .
^ Vuitton, Louis.
"News by Louis Vuitton: SERIES 4: THE HEROINE BY JUERGEN TELLER" . uk.louisvuitton.com . Retrieved 13 November 2018 .
^ Dazed (25 January 2017).
"See Juergen Teller's new visuals for adidas" . Dazed . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ Dazed (2 February 2018).
"Juergen Teller shoots and stars in the new Palace lookbook" . Dazed . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"Juergen Teller - Person - National Portrait Gallery" . npg.org.uk . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ Fox, Imogen (10 July 2015).
"Kim and Kanye snog (again) for fashion and other madness" . The Guardian . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"Naked Ambition" . The Independent . 28 November 2004. Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ Scheyer, Kate (21 September 2009).
"Juergen Teller: "We've Got the Louvre to Ourselves, and You're Going to be Naked in Front of the Mona Lisa" " . Vanity Fair . No. September. Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"Art review: Juergen Teller" . The Guardian . 9 November 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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"Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg - Juergen Teller" . adbk-nuernberg.de . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ Anny Shaw (November 17, 2016),
Juergen Teller reveals Mapplethorpe’s ‘gentler and more romantic side’
Archived 2016-11-21 at the
Wayback Machine
The Art Newspaper .
^ Alice Fisher, "
[1] ," The Guardian, October 28, 2018.
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[2] , Wall Street Journal, 20th September 2021.
^ AnOther (24 November 2017).
"When Juergen Teller Photographed 1990s Go-Sees" . AnOther . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
^ Tozer, John (1 December 2014).
"Juergen Teller: "Go-Sees" (2000)" . Contemporary Visual Arts. Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
^ Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003).
"The Citibank photography prize, Photographers' Gallery, London" . The Guardian . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"2018 Infinity Award: Special Presentation — Juergen Teller" . International Center of Photography . 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"Juergen Teller – Enjoy Your Life! - Exhibitions - Explore - Fotomuseum Winterthur" .
Fotomuseum Winterthur . Retrieved 20 July 2018 .
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"Juergen Teller. Zittern auf dem Sofa" . Retrieved 20 July 2018 .
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"Juergen Teller. Handbags" . Retrieved 20 July 2018 .
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"Juergen Teller: Heimweh: Opening" . König Galerie . Retrieved 11 November 2019 .
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"Juergen Teller Opens Solo Show in Beijing" . WWD . Retrieved 1 September 2022 .
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"Juergen Teller, I need to live" . Retrieved 12 September 2023 .
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"Poem on the Inner Sea at the 52nd Venice Biennale / PinchukArtCentre" . PinchukArtCentre.org . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
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"Juergen Teller" . Centre Pompidou . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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"An overview of the Collection" . Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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"Werkübersicht ::: Sammlung Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main" . Museum für Moderne Kunst . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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"Juergen Teller - National Portrait Gallery" . National Portrait Gallery . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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"Search the Collections" . Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 12 January 2021 .
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