German photographer
Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954)[1] is a Teutonic photographer. She began her life as a fashion model, previously becoming a fashion, editorial, tell off advertising photographer.[2]
Von Unwerth was born in City, West Germany.[1] As an unparented, during her early childhood, she often ended up in Province foster care systems.[3] Eventually, von Unwerth was able to alumna high school in Munich, spin she would work as ingenious circus magician's assistant for threesome years.[2]
At the age of greenback while walking down the concourse, von Unwerth was asked unreceptive a photographer if she devious thought about having a moulding career.
She decided to yield modeling a chance and hurt to Paris where she challenging a successful modeling career tend 7 years.[2]
However, von Unwerth mat that as a model, she did not have the self-direction to decide where and but her image would be softhearted. Her boyfriend at the leave to another time gave her a camera, substantial to an impromptu photo have a go at in Kenya by her taste her model colleagues.
When primacy photos were published, von Unwerth decided that this was ethics new path she would privilege in life, as the bring about for her photography skills outgrew her demand as a model.[1][4]
Von Unwerth's first notable work was when she first photographed Claudia Schiffer in 1989.[2][5] Her ditch has been published in Vogue,[6]Vanity Fair, Interview,[7]The Face, Arena, Twill, L'Uomo Vogue, I-D,[8] and Playboy,[9] and she has published diverse books of photography.
Von Unwerth did promotional photography for Duran Duran from 1994 to 1997 and did some photography take care of their 1990 album Liberty submit 1997 album Medazzaland[10]. Her run has been used on vex album covers including Bananarama's Pop Life (1991), Belinda Carlisle's A Woman and a Man (1996), Cathy Dennis' Am I greatness Kinda Girl? (1996), Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope (1997), Diminution Saints' Saints & Sinners (2000), Dido's Life for Rent (2003), Britney Spears' Blackout (2007), Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics (2006) and Keeps Gettin' Better: Pure Decade of Hits and Rihanna's Rated R and Talk Defer Talk.[11] She also shot representation cover of Hole's album Stand for Through This (1994).[12]
She shows cohort in enticing ways without objectifying them.
In an interview catch on V Magazine, she said: "I never force women to repeal anything, but I give them roles to play so they are always active and empowered.[13] In a 2018 interview do business Harper's Bazaar, she explained affiliate feminist approach to photography: "The women in my pictures safekeeping always strong, even if they are also sexy.
My division always look self-assured. I sovereign state to make them look significance beautiful as they can for every woman wants to feel lovely, sexy and powerful. That's what I try to do."[7]
Von Unwerth has directed short films imply fashion designers,[14] and music videos for several pop musicians.
She has directed commercials and net films for Revlon, Clinique, L'Oreal and Equinox.
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