First edition of Fashion Photography for America: 1999-2016 by Juergen Teller(2023).

First impression

Medium format hardcover in near fine condition

Signed, dated and located by Juergen Teller to title page

Some very minor wear to extremities of the cover

There is some minor scuffing and general wear on the back of the cover

Pages clean, binding firm

208 pages

English

About

'Fashion, for me, should be fun-it should be light and happy, but fashion photography is so deadly serious and manufactured. It just doesn't live in real life. My thing was that I wanted to bring it into the world and make it more human.' - Juergen Teller

This book celebrates Juergen Teller's long-term collaboration with creative director Dennis Freedman for W magazine and later for luxury department store Barneys in New York. Between 1999 and 2016 the pair created a sweep of iconic series, all captured in Teller's trademark realistic style. In his photographs for W, Teller consistently went against the grain, resisting large-budget shoots and seeking out authentic, anti-commercial narratives and pared-down locations-as in his unforgettable first editorial in 1999 which features Stephanie Seymour, Shalom Harlow and Naomi Campbell (among other supermodels) as office workers at the magazine. Seen as a whole, Teller's W commissions reveal the evolution of his creative freedom, from shooting Haute Couture clients, Kate Moss at the Monaco Grand Prix and Tilda Swinton as a socialite collector, to portraits of William Eggleston and Roni Horn.