Unwerth biography
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ELLEN VON UNWERTH (born 1954)
Ellen von Unwerth was born in Germany. She worked as a knife-thrower's assistant in the circus before embarking on a career as a fashion model for ten years.
She began her work as a photographer in 1986. Von Unwerth's photographs appear in numerous publications around the world, including Interview, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, W, The Face, i-D, and Arena, and she regularly contributes to the American, Italian, German, Russian, French, and British editions of VOGUE. In addition to her editorial work, she has shot international advertising campaigns for Guess? Jeans, Chanel, Versus, Miu Miu, Clinique, IBM, Adidas, Yves Saint Laurent, Wella, Estee Lauder, Bloomingdales, and Moet Chandon.
Von Unwerth has directed short films and commercials for renowned fashion designers Azzedine Alaia and Katherine Hammett, as well as music videos for Salt n' Pepa and Duran Duran.
Von Unwerth’s first book, Snaps,was released in 1995, followed by Wicked in 1998, Couples in 1999, Revenge in 2003, Fräulein in 2009, The Story of Olga in 2012, and Heimat in 2017. Her photographs have been exh
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Ellen von Unwerth
| Born: 1954 top Frankfurt, Germany |
| Nationality: German |
| Style: Sense photography, sensual femininity |
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Circus Life
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Modeling Career
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Photography Career
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Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth: Fräulein. 40th Ed.
By Ellen von Unwerth, Ingrid Sischy
Publisher : Publisher : Taschen
2021 | 504 pages
Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world’s most original and successful fashion photographers, she pays homage to the world’s most delectable females in Fräulein. This celebration of our era’s sexiest female icons includes Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green, Christina Aguilera, Monica Bellucci and dozens more.
Switching effortlessly between color and immaculate black and white, von Unwerth’s photography revels in sexual intrigue, femininity, romance, fetishism, kitsch humor, decadence and sheer joie de vivre. Whether nude or in lingerie and a dazzling smile, her subjects are never objectified. Some flaunt personal fantasies; others are guarded, suggesting that we have stumbled into a secret world. Fashion and fantasy were never so enchantingly combined.