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Jürgen Teller

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Juergen Teller is a German photographer, born in Erlangen in 1964, whose work crosses fashion, portraiture and contemporary art. He studied photography in Munich and developed a practice in London that treats commissioned images, family photographs and self-portraits as parts of the same body of work.

His photographs often use informal settings, unexpected viewpoints and an intentionally unpolished appearance. His 2013 exhibition Woo! at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts brought together magazine assignments, advertising, landscapes and personal pictures. A related book published by Steidl extended the exhibition’s juxtaposition of images from different periods and contexts.

Reviewed 2026-09-06

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