Juergen Teller: the keys to the house

Unlike many photographers who maintain a strict divide between their commercial and private work, Teller has always combined the two. Indeed this merging is one reason for Teller"s progressive edge. The Keys to the House contains recent photographs of Teller"s life at and around his house in Suffolk: landscapes, portraits of family and friends. But of course Teller"s vision would not be complete without the occasional fashion figure who was entered his personal world - be it Lily Cole floating like Ophelia, or Vivienne Westwood leaning on a red Mercedes Benz. Born in 1964 in Erlangen, Germany, Juergen Teller has lived in London since 1986. His influential fashion photography has been published extensively, and solo exhibitions of his work have been held at the Fondation Cartier pour l"art contemporain in Paris and the Kunsthalle Wien among other institutions. Teller"s books with Steidl include Louis XV. (2005), Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998-2009 (2010) and Zimmermann (2010).Unlike many photographers who maintain a strict divide between their commercial and private work, Teller has alwayscombined the two. Indeed this merging is one reason for Teller s progressive edge. The Keys to the House containsrecent photographs of Teller s life at and around his house in Suffolk: landscapes, portraits of family and friends. Butof course Teller s vision would not be complete without the occasional fashion figure who was entered his personalworld be it Lily Cole floating like Ophelia, or Vivienne Westwood leaning on a red Mercedes Benz.Born in 1964 in Erlangen, Germany, Juergen Teller has lived in London since 1986. His influential fashion photographyhas been published extensively, and solo exhibitions of his work have been held at the Fondation Cartier pour l artcontemporain in Paris and the Kunsthalle Wien among other institutions. Teller s books with Steidl include Louis XV(2005), Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998 2009 (2010) and Zimmermann (2010).Juergen Teller, geb. 1964, ging nach einer abgebrochenen Bogenmacherlehre und Abschluss seines Fotografiestudiums nach London. Von dort aus machte er sich zunächst mit Musikerporträts u.a. von Sinéad O`Connor und Kurt Cobain einen Namen, bevor er in der Modebranche mit seinen radikalen Inszenierungen für Furore sorgte. Tellers Arbeiten sind vielfach ausgestellt, ausgezeichnet und publiziert.