press kit

table of contents

press release p.3

biographical details and list of solo exhibitions p.5
Thomas Weski, exhibition curator p.7
principle of the scenography by Thomas Weski p.8
focus on the different series presented p.9
plan of the exhibition p.13
3D views of the exhibition p.14
practical information p.15
images available to the press p.16
exhibition catalogue p.26
Saint Laurent, sponsor of the exhibition p.27
media partners p.28

cover image:
Juergen Teller, Self-Portrait with pink shorts and balloons, Paris 2017 © Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved
press release
Juergen Teller
i need to live
16 December 2023 - 9 January 2024

Grand Palais Éphémère

Place Joffre
75 007 Paris

this exhibition is organised by the Réunion des

Musées Nationaux - Grand-Palais with the support
of Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello

Juergen Teller is the star of a minority group of internationally acclaimed photographers who are
highly regarded in both commercial photography and contemporary art. Teller is best known for his
candid portraits of celebrities, provocative fashion editorials and distinctive campaigns for various
designers.

Since gaining prominence as a photographer in London in the early 1990’s, Teller has also produced
major bodies of personal works in which he explores himself, his family, his roots, and his identity.
In the past five years, Teller has collaborated with his wife, Dovile Drizyte in mutual projects that
reflect various aspects of their relationship, marriage, and parenthood. These works are defined
by a typical mixture of serious, intimate, yet often humorous characters created in the style of the
grotesque.

The title of the exhibition, i need to live represents Teller’s reaction to existential incidents which
have shaped his life, sometimes in tragic ways. The artist addresses these topics in the same
manner as he practices his photography, in a straight-forward, realistic style, which is completely his
own. With his unique imagery, Teller celebrates the value of being alive, whilst acknowledging the
fragility of human existence.

“Juergen Teller – i need to live” will be his most extensive exhibition to date. This spectacular
show will present both personal and commissioned bodies of work, recognizable images, and new
photographic series as well as videos and installations.

6a architects were the ideal partners to design the architecture for this exhibition having previously
built the artist’s photography studio in West London, which was completed in 2016. Their specialist
knowledge of Teller’s practice acquired during the planning process informed the congenial design;
creating individual sectors within the impressive exhibition space of the Grand Palais Éphémère,
in which the art works will be presented. 6a architects’ site-specific spatial solution will enable the
visitors to encounter the rich variety of his practice through a unique viewing experience.

Juergen Teller, Self-Portrait with pink shorts and balloons, Paris 2017 © Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved
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Teller is the author of over forty artist’s books, made in collaboration with Gerhard Steidl of Steidl
Verlag, Gottingen over the last twenty years. A wide selection of these books will be presented
alongside other publications, magazines, and printed matters in the show, displaying the cultural
context, in which Teller’s work is often featured first.

After its presentation in Paris, the exhibition will tour to the Triennale Milano in Spring 2024.

Juergen Teller, born in Erlangen in 1964 studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in
Munich. His work has been published in influential magazines such as Vogue, System, i-D, POP and Arena
Homme+, and has been the subject of solo exhibitions including those at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
in London, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris and Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. Teller
won the prestigious Citibank Photography Prize in 2003, and from 2014 to 2019 held a professorship at the
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg. His books with Steidl include Louis XV (2005), Marc Jacobs
Advertising, 1998–2009 (2009), Siegerflieger (2015), Handbags (2019), Leben und Tod (2020), William
Eggleston 414 (2020), Auguri (2022), The Master V (2023) and Notes About My Work (2023).

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curators : The exhibition is curated by Thomas Weski, Berlin, in collaboration with Juergen Teller and Dovile
Drizyte
set design : 6a architects, Londres
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biographical details
list of solo exhibitions

Juergen Teller (b. 1964, Erlangen, Germany) studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in
Munich, before moving to London in 1986. Working across different genres of photography, Teller has shot
fashion campaigns for numerous luxury brands, as well as editorials for prominent art and fashion publications.
In 2003, Teller was awarded the Citibank Prize for Photography by the Photographers Gallery, London, and
in 2018, he received the Special Presentation Infinity award by the International Center of Photography,
New York. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo shows at Fondation Cartier pour l’art
Contemporain, Paris (2006); Dallas Contemporary, Texas (2011); Daelim Museum, Seoul (2011); Institute of
Contemporary Art, London (2013); DESTE Foundation, Athens (2014); Bundeskunstalle Bonn (2016); Martin-
Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2017); Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2018), T-10/SKP-S, Beijing
(2021). In 2007 he was asked to represent Ukraine as one of five artists in the 52nd Venice Biennale. Teller’s
photographs have been acquired by numerous international collections including the Centre Pompidou,
Paris; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris; International Center for Photography, New York and
National Portrait Gallery, London. Teller has published over 50 books and was a Professor of Photography at
the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg from 2014-2019.

list of solo exhibitions

1992 Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo, Japan

1993 Festival de la Mode, Monaco
1996 Telford Road Studio, Taschen, London, UK
1998 Der Verborgene Brecht Ein Berliner Stadtundgang, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
1998 Scalo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 Juergen Teller, Photographers Gallery, London, UK
1999 Go-Sees, Pitti Immagine Discovery, Florence, Italy
2000 Juergen Teller, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
2001 Märchenstüberl, Modern Art, London, UK
2002 Märchenstüberl, Münchner Stadtmuseum,
2002 Märchenstüberl, Musée Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2003 Märchenstüberl, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2003 Märchenstüberl Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
2003 Zwei Schäuferle mit Kloß und eine Kinderportion Schnitzel mit Pommes Frites, Contemporary Fine
Arts, Berlin, Allemagne
2003 Don’t Suffer Too Much, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
2003 Daddy You’re So Cute, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
2003 Tracht, Kuntsthalle 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
2004 The Master, Modern Art, London, UK
2005 Louis XV, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2006 Nürnberg, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
2006 Do You Know What I Mean, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
2007 Awailable, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland

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2008 Ukraine, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
2008 Nürnberg, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 Teller, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
2009 Paradis, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
2009 Logisch, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
2010 Touch Me, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2010 Calves and Thighs, Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain
2010 Texte Und Bilder, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Autria
2011 Paradis, Johann Koenig Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 Men and Women, 032c Workshop, Berlin, Germany
2011 Touch Me, Daelim Museum, Séoul, Corée du Sud
2011 Man with Banana, Dallas Contemporary, USA
2011 Texte und Bilder, Moscow House of Photography, Russia
2011 Texte und Bilder, Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania
2012 Bilder und Texte, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, London, UK
2012 Juergen Teller, Lehmann Maupin, New York, USA
2012 Irene im Wald, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2012 The Girl with the Broken Nose, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
2013 Woo, ICA, London, UK
2014 Bus Stops, The Strand, London, UK
2014 I am Fifty, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2014 Macho, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
2015 The Clinic, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2015 Juergen Teller, Phillips, London, UK
2015 Kanye, Juergen and Kim, Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2016 Enjoy Your Life ! Bundeskunstalle, 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, Germany
2017 Juergen Teller: Teller Ga Kaeru, Blum & Poe Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Juergen Teller, Great Arch Hall, Photo London, Somerset House, London
2017 Vivienne Westwood, Andreas Kronthaler, Juergen Teller, Vivienne Westwood Flagship Store, New
York, USA
2017 Go-Sees, Bubenreuth kids and a Fairytale about a King…, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2018 Leg, Snails and Peaches, Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2018 Juergen Teller, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2018 Enjoy Your Life! Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2018 Juergen Teller: Zittern auf dem Sofa, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2019 Demelza Kids, Bonhams, London, UK
2019 Handbags, Museo Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy
2019 Heimweh, Konig Tokio x MCM Ginza Haus I, Tokyo, Japan
2020 If You Pay Attention & Leben und Tod, Grisebach, Berlin, Germany
2021 What Are We Talking About? T-10, Beijing, China
2021 Auguri, Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2022 Auguri, CFA, Berlin, Germany
2023 i need to live, Grand Palais, Paris, France

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Thomas Weski, exhibition curator

Thomas Weski, born in Hannover, Germany, in 1953, was curator of photography and media at the
Sprengel Museum Hannover, chief curator at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and first chief curator
and then subsequently deputy director at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. From 2009 to 2015, Weski
was professor of «Cultures of the Curatorial» at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. From 2015
to 2022 he was curator at the “Foundation for Photography and Media Art with the Michael Schmidt
Archive”. He was Museum Scholar at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, in 2017. Weski
works as a freelance curator and lives in Berlin.

Thomas Weski curated numerous exhibitions on contemporary photography among others as

“Robert Adams – What We Bought. The New World”, Sprengel Museum Hannover, 1995, “William
Eggleston – Los Alamos”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2003, “Thomas Struth: Figure Ground”, Haus
der Kunst, Munich, 2017, and Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao 2019, and most recently “Michael
Schmidt – Retrospective, Photographs 1965-2014”, Nationalgalerie – Hamburger Bahnhof –
Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2021, Jeu de Paume, Paris; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofía, Madrid; 2022.

He co-curated exhibitions as “How you look at it – Photographs of the 20th Century”, Sprengel
Museum Hannover, 2000, “Cruel & Tender – Photography and the Real”, Tate Modern, London,
2003, “William Eggleston – Democratic Camera, Photographs and Videos 1961-2008”, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, 2008.

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principle of the scenography
by Thomas Weski
In his most extensive solo-exhibition to date, Juergen Teller is staging a representative survey of
his photographic and video work at the Grand Palais Éphémère. This building with its over 10.000
square meters of space for display is a challenge for any artist exhibiting there due to its colossal
scale.

For the design of his exhibition, Juergen Teller chose 6a architects, based in London. The practice
was founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald in 2001 and has gained an international
reputation for its housing, cultural, educational and mixed-use projects. The architects designed the
artist’s studio in London, which was completed in 2016.

For the display of the artworks, 6a architects are dividing the space into four sectors with different
dimensions by a cross-shaped wooden supporting substructure with over 4-meter-high walls that
echoes the floor plan of the Grand Palais Éphémère itself. These sectors offer ideal conditions
for the presentation of Juergen Teller’s works, which are often arranged in the form of a series. A
selection of his famous images as well as new extensive bodies of works, will be installed together
with videos in this comprehensive show, adding up to a total of over 800 exhibits.

Teller’s photographs will be displayed in varying sizes, both framed and unframed on the walls,
creating a non-chronological personal narrative. The exhibition design facilitates different viewing
experiences for the visitor, allowing close-up and comparative studies as well as extended overviews
– even through to the adjacent Eiffel Tower.

Two video projections and a slide show will be presented within separate, individually designed
architectural elements built with fabric and wood construction materials, placed within the space
created by each sector. Three further video works will be shown on monitors placed in the exhibition
alongside Teller’s wall mounted photographs.

A selection of artist’s books and related artworks will be arranged by the artist in 50 vitrines, which
have been specifically designed and built by Jones Neville, London, a multi-disciplinary design
practice founded by Simon Jones and Jack Neville in 2010. The form of presentation is innovative
as Teller is using the entire floor plan of each display case individually for positioning books and
images, thus creating unique constellations of his art.

The exhibition area of the Grand Palais Éphémère will be bright and evenly lit, embodying the spirit
of Juergen Teller’s photographic style.

After the show, the entire exhibition architecture will have a second life in another context and
different usage as it is comprised of fully recyclable materials.

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focus on the different series presented
artworks presented: 697 framed and unframed prints + 303 documents in display cases + 5 audiovisual works

some of the artworks presented may offend the sensibilities of younger viewers

Go-Sees, London, 1998-1999 (Video Installation, 26mins, 51 secs)

The Go-Sees is a seminal work from Teller’s early career. Produced
over one year from May 1998, and shot from the threshold to
Teller’s West London studio, the title of this series documents
an industry term for a photographer’s first meeting with a new
model. Unlike a casting, the ‘Go-See’ is a model’s testing ground,
an open-ended encounter between the photographer and model.
Framed by the doorway of Teller’s studio, the go-sees are depicted
in many guises: shy, confident, hopeful, disengaged, energetic,
relaxed, and in casual clothing. Transgressing fine art and fashion
photography, the model portraits, as with all of Teller’s other work,
are never retouched. Teller’s snapshot style with a direct flash and
© Juergen Teller, spontaneous and unusual angles defers from the polished visual
All rights Reserved protocols so closely associated with the luxury world.

Can I own Myself?, London, 1998 (Video, 5 mins, 34 secs)

This philosophical video uses an academic text written by Shannon Peckham to dwell on the nature
of authorship. As a globally recognisable model, Kate Moss is the ideal protagonist to prompt
debate about who owns images in relation to desire and freedom. The intimate handheld footage
of Kate getting ready, paired with the sound of her voice reading out the text and contemplating its
meaning provides us another insight into this public figure.

World Cup Final, Germany 0 Brazil 2, London, 2002 (Video, 1 hour, 35 mins)
For the film, Germany 0: Brazil 2, a video camera is trained on Teller for a full 94 minutes while
he watches World Cup Final between Germany and Brazil in 2002 live. Describing it as “the most
disturbing thing I have ever seen” and shocked by the pure animal instincts it reveals, Teller offers
an extraordinarily cruel yet mesmerising self-portrait as he shouts and swears during the TV
match commentary.

Schmetterling, Hotel de Crillon, Paris, 2005 (Video, 5 mins 25 secs)

This single take performative video accompanies Teller’s seminal Louis XV photographic series
(2004). Throughout the whole piece, we see Charlotte Rampling playing a sombre tune on the
piano, within an opulent room at the Hôtel de Crillon, Paris whilst Teller rolls around naked on
top of the piano. A sharp contrast is made between the attention-seeking playfulness of Teller’s
improvised actions compared with the seriousness of Rampling’s demeanour as she ignores what
is happening right in front of her. The male nude body becomes abstracted as it responds to the
music, constantly moving into different contorted shapes, before collapsing flat, as if exhausted.

Irene Im Wald, Bubenreuth, 2012

“In a way it’s a love letter to my mother and to the forest I grew up very close nearby. There are
pictures of the forest, of my mother in the forest, accompanied with heavy heartfelt text written by
myself.” Juergen Teller
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Pictures and Text, London, 2012
For over a year, Juergen Teller contributed a column to the magazine of Die Zeit, German newspaper.
Given free creative rein, Teller presented a new image each week with an accompanying text he
had written. Combining pictures and words in this way was new for Teller and has since intensified
the autobiographical element of his work. Like his images the texts are blunt, often controversial,
and irresistibly Telleresque. From the very beginning the column was greeted with enthusiasm but
also elicited outcry.

Enjoy Your Life! Junior, Bubenreuth, 2017

Enjoy Your Life Junior! is a collaborative project with children aged 8-9 years old from Teller’s
childhood primary school, Grundschule in Bubenreuth. The pupils visited his solo exhibition at
the Kunstpalais, Erlangen in early 2017, which inspired them to restage his iconic photographs.
Teller met them for a photo shoot and their interactions with his work was published in the Autumn/
Winter issue of Pop magazine. The children’s candid observations are incredibly perspective,
with one boy stating that “Juergen Teller just wants puzzling things. Other people want beautiful
things.”

Handbags, 2019 & More Handbags, 2023

“I began photographing fashion about thirty years ago and slowly, over the years, the handbags
started to creep into my pictures. Nowadays it seems like in every fashion ad a model is clutching
a handbag. I remember when I started working in America, they asked me “Where’s the money
shot?” I looked at them puzzled. “Show us the money shot!” they repeated. Here they are, the
“money shots”. I always enjoyed photographing handbags. They are nice, silent companions and
I had fun photographing them throughout the years. They are the real stars in this book.”
Juergen Teller

If You Pay Attention, Iran, 2019

This first collaborative project with Dovile Drizyte features a series of photographs that were taken
on a heavenly and adventurous, yet potentially life-threatening trip to Iran.

Nuts, London, 2020

This introspective series of still life images were shot during the first lockdown of the covid pandemic
and embody the united global experience of social isolation. Teller’s personal objects – childhood
toys, ornaments, violin bridges and bows made by the family business, are pictured alongside items
such as surgical gloves and vegetables that represent the absurdity and frustration of the situation.
An intriguing dialogue between past and present is created by Teller’s purposeful placement of
these objects on top of physical printed pages from his family album and photographic archive,
emphasized by the flat photographic surface and the three-dimensionality of the still lives.

Notes About My Work, London, 2021

Notes About My Work is Teller’s tongue-in-cheek response to the controversial feedback he
received on his portraits of Oscar nominees for the 2021 Best Performances issue of W magazine.
Teller photographed 28 actors in total, from the established to the emerging, from Michelle Pfeiffer
and George Clooney to Steven Yeun and Otmara Marrero on the streets of Los Angeles. Whilst
W were delighted with the result, online reactions were mixed. Teller was praised as “a perfect
choice” for his “aversion to excess glamour,” but also subject to criticism, much misinterpreting his
tone and working methods. This book presents Teller’s selection of screenshots of some of these
“notes about his work” - a mirror onto social media and a playful reminder that beauty is whatever
we choose it to be.

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 We are Building our Future Together, Naples and Venice, 2021
This series was made by Teller in collaboration with his wife and
creative partner, Dovile Drizyte. These humourous, staged images
of the couple wearing safety gear on a construction site in Napoli
provides an appropriate visual metaphor for their future journey
together as well as their professional working relationship.

© Juergen Teller,
All rights Reserved

Jurgaičiai, Hill of Crosses, 2022

The infamous Hill of Crosses is a pilgrimage and tourist site in
Lithuania, which originated after the November Uprising of 1830–
31, an extensive yet unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Russian
rule. Teller’s intimate response to this place of remembrance,
which he visited with his Lithuanian wife Dovile Drizyte held a
deeper personal significance after the recent passing of fashion
designer Vivienne Westwood, with whom Teller had collaborated
since 2007, and his gallerist since 2013 Suzanne Tarasieve.
© Juergen Teller,
All rights Reserved

The Myth, Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, 2022

This personal collaboration is a playful interpretation of the “legs
up” fertility myth, shot within the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
in Lake Como, which has been run by the same family for four
generations. The Tellers performed different scenarios in every
one of the hotel’s 94 unique rooms, creating a series of intimate,
tender photographs. In some of these we see the whole of
Drizyte’s naked body, whilst in others her cropped legs or feet
appear unexpectedly: peeking behind duvets, curtains, furniture;
interacting amongst recurring imagery of pregnancy, babies,
storks, and cherubs featured within the hotel’s environments.

“This is my most romantic project”. Juergen Teller

© Juergen Teller,
All rights Reserved

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 Untitled, Luleå 2023 (Video, 6min, 29 secs)
This short film, narrated by Teller himself, is centred upon a
humourous tale recounted by Juergen’s new father-in-law of
the realities of extreme cold temperatures experienced whilst
constructing a power plant in Siberia during military service. Teller
restages the story with the help of his friend and actor, Alexander
Skarsgård. The warmth of their friendship is strongly contrasted
with the cool detachment of Teller’s relationship with his father,
epitomized by Juergen’s honest reflection upon a black and white
© Juergen Teller,
photograph from the family album.
All rights Reserved

A Sciuta, Pallazolo Acreide, 2023

Following their wedding in Napoli and honeymoon in Sicily in 2021, the Teller’s returned to Noto, a
year later. They witnessed the wonder and spectacle of the celebration of San Paolo at Palazzolo
Acreide, filled with vibrant explosions of colourful streamers and fireworks and the momentous
procession of the giant effigy of San Paolo carried by local male citizens. After watching naked
babies being lifted into the air and praised by the priest and the crowds, they gave a donation and
asked for a baby to arrive for them soon. Miraculously, their daughter, Iggy Teller was born nine
months later, on the 6th of April 2023. These photographs document the family’s return to San
Paolo this summer to give thanks and to receive Iggy’s blessing.

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plan of the exhibition

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3D views of the exhibition

© 6a architects

© 6a architects

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practical information
opening hours: every day from 10 am to 7 pm

early closures:
December 18 and 19: closing at 2pm
December 20: closing at 4pm

rates: €15 / €11 (reduced rate)

free for children under 16 years old
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access: Grand Palais Éphémère, Place Joffre, 75007 Paris

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routes 80 et 82

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 images available to the press
Juergen Teller - i need to live
(16 December 2023 - 9 January 2024)

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39 images

1. Juergen Teller
Self-Portrait with pink shorts and balloons
Paris
2017
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

2. Juergen Teller
My Father’s picture of me
2015
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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3. Juergen Teller
Father and Son
Bubenreuth
2003
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

4. Juergen Teller
Self-portrait for Business of Fashion
London
2015
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

5. Juergen Teller
Self-portrait with tyres
London
2021
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

6. Juergen Teller
Björk and son
Iceland
1993
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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 7. Juergen Teller
Go-Sees, Domenique
London
29th September 1998
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

8. Juergen Teller
Yves Saint Laurent
Paris
2000
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

9. Juergen Teller
Victoria Beckham, Legs, bag and shoes,
Marc Jacobs Campaign Spring Summer
2008
Los Angeles
2007
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

10. Juergen Teller

Octopussy
Rome
2008
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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11. Juergen Teller
Vivienne Westwood No.1
London
2009
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

12. Juergen Teller

Paradis XIV
Musée du Louvre, Paris
2009
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

13. Juergen Teller

Paradis XVIII
Musée du Louvre, Paris
2009
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

14. Juergen Teller

Lars Eidinger
London
2016
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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 15. Juergen Teller
Suzanne in Hydra No.4
Greece
2017
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

16. Juergen Teller

Freja Beha Erichsen, Saint Laurent
Spring Summer 2019 campaign
Lake Como, Italy
2018
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

17. Juergen Teller

Two women & two swans, Saint Laurent
Spring Summer 2019 campaign
Lake Como, Italy
2018
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

18. Juergen Teller

Legs, Saint Laurent Spring Summer 2019
campaign
Lake Como, Italy
2018
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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19. Juergen Teller
Agnès Varda No.1
Paris
2018
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

20. Juergen Teller

If You Pay Attention No.26
Iran
2019
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

21. Juergen Teller

Dovile Drizyte, Forest No.27
South Tyrol, Italy
2020
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

22. Juergen Teller

Forest No.26
South Tyrol, Italy
2020
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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 23. Juergen Teller
Forest No.60 & No.61
South Tyrol, Italy
2020
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

24. Juergen Teller

Forest No.93
South Tyrol, Italy
2020
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

25. Juergen Teller

Untitled
London
2020
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

26. Juergen Teller

Saint Laurent outdoor advertising
Paris
2021
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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27. Juergen Teller
We are building our future together No.98
Napoli
2021
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

28. Juergen Teller

Wedding breakfast, Auguri
Napoli
2021
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

29. Juergen Teller

Iggy Pop No.23
Miami
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

30. Juergen Teller

Jurgaičiai No.1 & No.2
Lithuania
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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 31Juergen Teller
The Myth No.50
Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

32. Juergen Teller

The Myth No.133
Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

33. Juergen Teller

Alaato Jazyper, Saint Laurent Autumn
Winter 2022 campaign
Le Lavandou, France
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

34. Juergen Teller

Bee, honey and finger
Paris
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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 35. Juergen Teller
Dovile Drizyte
London
2022
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

36. Juergen Teller

Alexander Skarsgård & Juergen Teller,
Untilted
Luleå
2023
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

37. Grand Palais Éphémère vue exté-

rieure n°1
© Patrick Tourneboeuf pour la Rmn - GP,
2021 architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte

38. Grand Palais Éphémère vue exté-

rieure n°2
© Patrick Tourneboeuf pour la Rmn - GP,
2021 architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte

JUERGEN TELLER 39. affiche de l’exposition

i need to live
16 DÉC. 23 – 9 JAN. 24 Juergen Teller, i need to live
Exposition
Self-Portrait with pink shorts and balloons,
Paris 2017
© Juergen Teller, All rights Reserved

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exhibition catalog

published by Steidl, 2023:

16 x 24 cm, 272 pages, around 700

illustrations, softcover, €30

language: English, French, Italian

publication date: December 2023

authors: Juergen Teller et Dovile Drizyte

text by: Leïla Slimani,

Anthony Vaccarello, Rick Owens,
Roni Horn, Thomas Weski,
Tom Emerson, Alistair O’Neill

Throughout his 35-year career, the German photographer Juergen Teller (born 1964) has
been renowned for his non-conformist style, defying expectations with a unique combination of
seriousness and self-irony, creating authentic narratives from his insatiable curiosity for life and the
endlessly surprising world around him. i need to live, accompanying Teller’s major solo exhibition
at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, in 2023–24 and the Triennale Milano in 2024, captures the
depth of his unmatched photographic achievement.
In this catalog, Teller reflects upon the unpredictable circle of life, imbuing his images of loved
ones with newfound poignancy. Those he has lost - collaborators and friends such as fashion
designer Vivienne Westwood and gallerist Suzanne - Tarasieve share visual space with his wife
and muse, Dovile Drizyte. Contributions from artists and designers Roni Horn and Rick Owens,
among others, meditate upon Teller’s most intimate photo collection yet.

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Saint Laurent, sponsor of the exhibition

« To understand my relationship with Juergen Teller, we have to go back

to the legendary duo of Yves Saint Laurent and Helmut Newton. These
two artists nurtured an incomparable creative partnership.

It’s this energy that I’m looking for with Juergen, together, we ensure its
preservation and continuity.

Our collaborative work for Saint Laurent is all about the search for origins
as a creative driving force.

Juergen Teller is a tremendous photographer whose intelligence, humor,

and respect make his work a veritable introspective game, where
flashbacks are both tributes and allusions to the founding myths of the
Maison Yves Saint Laurent .»

Anthony Vaccarello
Saint Laurent Creative Director

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media partners

lemonde.fr/m-le-mag

konbini.com

arte.tv/fr

ratp.fr

france.tv

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