The GENIUS of Juergen Teller
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2021
- Just a hastily made shameless capitalization on a trend! I discuss and disect Teller's work from a more scholarly perspective!
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Thanks for all the support everyone! If you want to check out my other work, I'd recommend my experimental horror short, DOGMA 2025. Or Merek's Month of Madness that I did last October.
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thank you for explaining why I feel a primal rage every time I see his photos
Thank you for being primally enraged!
I won’t lie. There’s something that I really love about these photos.
The fact that they really look like any amateur took them. They feel like a behind the scenes photo somebody got on their phone before the real photo was taken. I love how awkward every element is.
I think what I like about them is that they make it so easy for you to picture yourself being there at the shoot or walking past on the street.
Celebrities, like you said, are so often untouchable and live in a totally different reality from us. These photos humanise them but not in a hashtagrelatable way. They highlight the absurdity of their poses and how much their fashion stands out in the real world.
And the fact that I have no idea if this is intentional is really funny to me. They’re certainly compelling in their own way. Whether that’s the way Mr Teller wants us to feel or not DOESNT really matter to me
yeah I agree! He doesn’t take it far enough. But I feel like by not taking it far enough he’s saying something else... we just don’t know what it is yet.
Like many I just can't wrap my head around how an artist can create such a dislike in his images. Although, I feel he intentionally goes against the grain to create the controversy that is now taking place and has been part of his style. The old saying "any news is good news" applies here. As long as his name is out there good or bad he'll continue to work and the media will continue to report on it.
Yeah you perfectly covered why I feel like stepping on Legos when I see his work and why it's kind of genius that he's able to evoke that feeling in someone
This is so nuanced and well-articulated! I like your voice a lot too! It’s not quite the flat, academic, essayist voice, it’s super theatrical and casual like a friend is talking to me! You did a great job, I wish you so much success for your other videos! I saw your tweet reply about this video btw hehe
Wow, that's so kind! Thanks so much! It's funny that my voice came across as theatrical because I actually have a background in theatre so that's nice to hear. I really appreciate it, comments like yours are very encouraging.
Would love to see more art and film commentary like this, well done!
Also his pick of locations and placing of the subjects amongst them really confuses me? Like he just went to the nearest strip mall or parking area and just snapped the shots asap and that was it. I just??
100% It's an incredibly weird choice to just pick a tree, seemingly at random, and do your shoot their, even though their are tons of distracting objects and cars in the background.
His best photo is probably the cover for Cocteau Twins’ Blue Bell Knoll
The dude has done it all. Many of his images I remember in the 90s. Iconic stuff that shaped fashion and music photography. The old fart is at it again, this time pissing off the Instagram portraiture kids who have adopted the bokeh and retouching aesthetic. Love it or hate it...I'm laughing to see the old guy is still an original. What a Boss!
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It's who you know and who wants you around them. That's it. There are outliers but those are the rules. If you spend more time wondering why you're not successful instead of making good connections, then you'll never get anywhere. Also luck. It's a lottery too. Can't win if you don't play.
It's interesting to hear about the technical elements of it. I actually like it for the reasons you said it was breaking the rules. 😅 Super interesting to think about!
One of the best things about art is how different people can love things for the reasons other people don't, and I totally agree, it's what makes breaking down a style so fun! :)
Teaching art, he may be at the point where grime and "art" feel contrived and his point in this series is to recreate the uncanny valley you referred to. Like taking fashion's normcore, dad style, or irony and applying it to photography.
You should make more video like those, your channel might grow quite fast
Thanks for the advice! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
the opening really made me howl, it was so unexpected and so great! i love jurgy but this is v true also
Hahaha thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m still dumbfounded, but thanks to your video I now know why.
i actually like some of his older work,, seems like he just hates his life and has completely given up now though
When it comes to the newer, "controversial" work of Teller shown in this video, I think of a single phrase: "Ironic shitposting is still shitposting."
Congratulations, Teller. You made a bad photo. No matter what intentions are behind it, the bad photo is still bad.
I think his photos are awesome!
For me, thing with his purposeful ugliness is that it feels incredibly lazy
ufff takes a big ego to compare yourself to juergen teller.
more like laziness and pretentiousness
and what scholarly credentials are you coming from with this video? evidently not a photography, fashion, or fine art scholar.
I literally have a bachelor's degree in art, design, photography, and media
Also I pretty clearly outline in the video that this is not an objective review, if you love his work, that's fine