Purple Magazine
— The Essence of Fashion Issue #41 S/S 2024
cover #8 anja rubik in saint laurent summer 2024 by anthony vaccarello
LIFE
Photography by JUERGEN TELLER
Dovile Drizyte, creative partner
Laëtitia Gimenez Adam, style
Piotr Chamier at Streeters, casting director
Olivier Schawalder at Art+Commerce, hair
Masaé Ito at M+A World Group, make-up
Cam Tran at Artlist, nail artist
Emma Williams, photographer’s assistant
Giorgia Toscani and Alexandra Lefevre, stylist’s assistants
Lucas Rios Palazesi at Quickfix, postproduction
Farago Projects, production
This fashion story is an extension of Juergen Teller’s solo exhibition at the Grand Palais Ephémère in Paris, supported by Saint Laurent. It’s the most extensive retrospective of Teller’s radical and iconoclastic photography, covering multiple aspects of his work: intimate portraits of friends, family, and celebrities, provocative fashion editorials, disruptive campaigns, landscapes and still lifes, and many conceptual photo series and videos.
The exhibition’s title, “I Need To Live,” encapsulates Juergen Teller’s photographic essence, a vivid interplay of life and death. It begins autobiographically with a photo of the photographer as a baby, followed by a portrait of his mother looking through a crocodile head (reminiscent of Jacques Lacan’s metaphor of the mother’s desire), and evolves through snapshots of his life and his wife Dovile, culminating in images of his newborn daughter Iggy. Yet teller’s art delves deeper: each photograph is a visceral burst of existence, a strident moment expressing how life is connected to death, loss, and the fleeting passage of time.
The metaphysical dimension that one senses in the presence of his images is embodied in the colossal wooden cross that structures the circulation in the show. This leads viewers to islands of solitude for contemplating the accompanying videos and book-filled vitrines.
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Emmanuel Tomasini and Matthieu Humery at the opening of Juergen Teller’s “I Need To Live” exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
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Anja Rubik wears a black bodysuit and cotton skirt with patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, leather belt, tights, and golden jewelry Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Juergen Teller and Anthony Vaccarello at “the myth” exhibition by Juergen Teller at Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris
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Anja Rubik wears a black bodysuit and golden earrings Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Tara Falla wears a duchesse satin dress and silk stole with tights, patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, sunglasses, golden necklace and cuffs Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Anja Rubik wears a wool jacket and trousers, jersey top, and patent-leather “dune” slingbacks Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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View of Juergen Teller’s “I Need To Live” exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
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Alix Bouthors wears a gabardine cotton shirt and trousers with a leather belt and aviator gloves, patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, and golden earrings Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Alix Bouthors wears a crepe silk safari shirt and matching trousers with a leather belt and aviator gloves, patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, golden earrings, and large “calypso” bag Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Tara Falla wears a duchesse stretch satin dress, silk stole, sunglasses, and golden necklace Saint Laurent By Anthony Vaccarello
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Lara Menezes wears a twill cotton trench coat over a silk safari shirt and trousers, with patent-leather “dune” slingbacks and golden earrings Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Alexander Skarsgård at the opening of Juergen Teller’s “I Need To Live” exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
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Vassili Schneider wears a wool coat and trousers with a silk top and leather boots Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Mica Argañaraz wears a poplin cotton tank top, gabardine cotton skirt, leather belt, and sunglasses with golden and silver jewelry Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Lara Menezes wears a gabardine cotton jumpsuit with a leather belt and aviator gloves, patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, sunglasses, and golden earrings Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Tara Falla wears a silk bodysuit with gabardine cotton trousers, leather belt, patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, sunglasses, golden and silver jewelry Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Anne Imhof and Sophie Calle at the opening of Juergen Teller’s “I Need To Live” exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
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Anja Rubik wears a cotton skirt with patent-leather “dune” slingbacks, tights, and golden jewelry Saint Laurent By Anthony Vaccarello
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Patent-leather “dune” slingbacks Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Vassili Schneider wears a wool and satin jacket with wool trousers, silk scarf worn as top, sunglasses, and leather boots Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Mica Argañaraz wears a garbardine cotton shirt and trousers with leather “carine” slingbacks Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
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Franz Rogowski at the opening of Juergen Teller’s “I Need To Live” exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
