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)
[Juergen Teller: Handbags'] recurring theme is a perfect motif to highlight Teller's approach to the image: humorous, provocative, narrative driven and very alive.--Francesca Gavin AnOther Consider this the natural successor to Us Weekly's What's In My Bag? series. Teller, the king of minimalist style, has dedicated his latest monograph to the item he believes he's photographed the most of everything: Bags, baby!--Devon Ivie Interview Demonstrating how Teller has reshaped the field of fashion photography since he first emerged in the 1990s, Handbags will delight the aficionado of contemporary fashion and of photography alike.--L'Oeil de la Photographie