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Juergen Teller: Handbags

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Juergen Teller's Handbags is a fascinating photographic exploration born out of the artist's reflection on his decades-long career shooting fashion. Inspired by the everyday object he has unwittingly focused on most—the handbag—Teller compiles a collection of images that transcend mere commercial photography to reveal aesthetic and psychological depth. This book echoes the spirit of his earlier work Go-Sees, presenting handbags as a central motif that is simultaneously humorous, provocative, and deeply narrative-driven.
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This captivating volume is ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary fashion, photography lovers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and commercial imagery. It appeals to readers who appreciate conceptual photography with a strong narrative and a touch of humour, as well as collectors of coffee-table books on creative visual culture.

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Reminiscent of his earlier monograph More, Juergen Teller's new photographic series, Zimmermann, documents supermodel Raquel Zimmermann participating in family events and interacting with Teller's native environment in Bubenreuth, Southern Germany.

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In 1999 I did a book called Go-Sees where girls came knocking on my door over a one-year period to show their portfolio and themselves. Recently, walking through Paris, I found myself thinking what work I would exhibit in my upcoming museum show in Naples. Handbags, I'm just gonna do a handbag book and a show. It felt like another Go-Sees book to me.

Friends of my girlfriend were asking me what kind of a photographer I am, what I photograph. I replied: "Actually, come to think of it, mostly handbags." I always like their astonished and disappointed faces!

I realized through the 30 years of my career, I photographed a hell of a lot of handbags within my fashion work. And as the Americans once said to me, "Where's the money shot?" I looked at them puzzled. "Show me the money shot!" they repeated. Here they are: the money shots in this collection of images for my new book.

Juergen Teller: Handbags

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Critics praise Teller's approach for capturing the essence of fashion photography with playful minimalism and a unique perspective. Francesca Gavin in AnOther highlights the book's humour and life, while Devon Ivie of Interview calls Teller the 'king of minimalist style' and celebrates the book as a natural follow-up to popular culture's fascination with bag contents. L'Oeil de la Photographie reflects on how the work demonstrates Teller's significant impact since the 1990s, delighting fans of fashion and photography alike. Amy Collins notes how the images gain new meaning and dimension when viewed collectively. Overall, the book is lauded as a 'gorgeous typology' of this ultimate fashion accessory.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783958296343

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 May 2019

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: 600 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 302.0mm

Weight: 4200g

Pages: 608

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About the Author

Juergen Teller, born in Erlangen, Germany, 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), MarcJacobs Advertising, 1998-2009 (2009), Siegerflieger (2015) and The Master IV(2019)

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