Juergen Teller | |
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Born | |
Education | Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie (now the Munich University of Applied Sciences), 1984–1986 |
Occupation(s) | fashion photographer, fine-art photographer |
Years active | 1986-present |
Style | Minimalism, beauty of imperfection, "amateur" aesthetic, humanizing aesthetic |
Spouse(s) | Sadie Coles (2003–2018) Dovile Drizyte (2021–) |
Partner | Venetia Scott (1990–2003) |
Children | 3 |
Website | www |
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).[1]