German - Photographer | January 28, 1964 -
I just want to do everything as good as I possibly can.
Juergen Teller
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I never work with a screen. Other photographers have this black thing around, and they go back and look at it. I'd rather spend the time with the subject, photographing or discussing or talking, than staring at this thing. I'd rather look at what's going on.
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I think it's really important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water.
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I think the range of my life shows in my work.
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One day, I'll be photographing Kate Moss in Paris, then I'll be on Stephanie Seymour's ranch with her hundred horses wondering what exactly it is I'm doing there.
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When I became a father, all that stuff rose up again from the back of my mind. I suddenly realised how uninvolved my father had been in my life.
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My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father.
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Nudity is no big deal as a German. It's all rather normal and boring.
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My childhood was very beautiful in some ways and very disturbing in others.
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Normally, whenever I try to photograph my mother, she is extremely impatient and will only stand for a minute and insists on knowing exactly what I'm doing.
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I often photograph something as if the subject matter was realistic, but it is actually a fantasy.
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I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic.
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