Juergen Teller, the legendary German photographer who joined fashion and art in his work on a genius way, will release on the 31St of Mai 2010 his latest photography book called: “Zimmerman”. This book will feature his new photo series which documents his muse the supermodel Raquel Zimmermann engaging in family events and interacting with Teller’s native environment in Bubenreuth, Southern Germany. Holding true to his signature snapshot aesthetic while nonetheless managing to construct what he describes as a “surreal fairy tale”, a narrative akin in style to the Gothic and dramatic Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
Teller captures Zimmermann in a state of seeming abandon, in the woods or lying semi-nude on the family table during a meal. It are suggestive images, elegantly dressed up with a touch of eroticism, and which tell a fashion tale which is going beyond conventional glamour.

Photos: Juergen Teller | Zimmermann (Steidl)

This post contains some snapshots which give an impression of the vernissage party and of the currently running fashion exposition, called Ultramegalore, curated by Belgian model Hannelore Knuts.

Director Kenneth Ramaekers of Het Modemuseum Hasselt (The Fashion Museum Hasselt) has asked Hannelore to assemble an exhibition that gives the visitors a glimpse into her universe that reaches further than just fashion. She turned it into a crystallisation of what motivated and inspired her during her 10 year career as a top model. Hannelore has made a compilation of her favourite designers, photographers, artists and musicians. People she has met along the way, that have inspired her or at least have left an indelible impression on her. Regardless of whether they are ‘in’ or not. She wants to share these impressions the way she collected them. A cluster of encounters, a mass of impacts.She approached her role as curator like a stylist who endlessly combines different brands, second-hand clothes and personal accessories. The exhibition is not a tribute to or a retrospective of ’the model’ Hannelore. Instead it is a confrontational look into her small world, motivated by great things, and vice versa. With her view and approach Hannelore has turned this exposition into a very inspiring fashion experience.

The exposition in Het Modemuseum Hasselt (The Fashion Museum Hasselt) will run until the 6Th June 2010.

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Photographer Greg Kessler captures models backstage as they arrive at fashion shows,he has created a photo series called Model Morphosis which shows models before and after makeup. Greg Kessler captures with these shots the transformations of the model but also the transformation of the identity of the person and her look. For his series he shot backstage at shows of various fashion designers. This repeat of faces and transformations, is one of the aspects which turns the Model Morphosis series also into a very interesting and inspiring conceptual model.

A part of the series has been posted on the T Magazine blog, the style magazine of the New York Times. Instead of a side-by-side placement, there is a flash sliding bar that you move over the photo to reveal the full transformation.

Find the Model Morphosis flash slider series on the NY Times Style Magazine here .

Photos: Greg Kessler | New York Times Style Magazine

Photo top, Hair: Guido Palau, Makeup: Pat McGrath, Model: Edita Vilkeviciute | Photo bottom, Hair: Martin Cullen, Makeup: Alex Box, Model: Karolin Wolter

An already older but still interesting video interview with photographer Juergen Teller for TateShots, the Youtube channel of the Tate Modern Art gallery.
Juergen Teller turned his lens on the fashion industry with his Go-Sees series. Weary of the hype generated by model agencies desperate to sell him the ‘next big thing’, he decided to take the picture of every girl that came to see him on the doorstep of his studio. In this interview, Teller tells Tateshots how the resulting photographs expose the troubling power of the male photographer.

Photos: Juergen Teller | Source and video: the Youtube channel of the Tate Modern Art gallery | TateShots

Collection-AW1011 design diary photo (snapshots) entry: fashion, development,mailing, brochure, photo-shoot, video,pattern upgrades, pattern design, sales, production. 

Photo 3 pant: P1011-47-35

Photo 6 Dress: D 1011-33-35

Photo 8 Detail: Dress 1011-49-36

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