Juergen Teller
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.
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| Born | 28 January 1964 Erlangen, West Germany |
| 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 |
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).