Ellen von Unwerth
Photographer
Ellen von Unwerth is a German photographer and film director. After a deacde as a fashion model, von Unwerth brought a first-hand knowledge of the kinetic energy of fashion shoots to the creation of her own photographs.
Her sensual campaigns for Guess? in the early nineties launched von Unwerth's commercial photography career, and subsequently she has created campaigns for Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, MAC Cosmetics, Baccarat, Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Absolut, H&M, Lacoste, Dior, Diesel, Chanel, Miu Miu and Blumarine as well as a series of advertisements for HBO's Sex and the City - both the TV series and the feature film. Von Unwerth has also ventured into directing short films for various clients including Dior, Azzedine Alaïa, Katherine Hamnett, and Guess; commercials for Clinique, Revlon, Victoria's Secret, Cacharel; and a range of music videos.
Von Unwerth's first book Snaps was published in 1994, followed by Wicked (1998), Couples (1999), Revenge (2003) which was accompanied by exhibitions in New York, London, Paris and Berlin; Omahyra & Boyd (2005) and The Story of Olga (2012). Her photographs have been widely exhibited internationally including in Archaeology of Elegance (2012), Fashioning Fiction, exhibited at MoMA/Queens in 2004 and The Model as Muse, exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009).
Ellen von Unwerth is a German photographer and film director. After a deacde as a fashion model, von Unwerth brought a first-hand knowledge of the kinetic energy of fashion shoots to the creation of her own photographs.
Her sensual campaigns for Guess? in the early nineties launched von Unwerth's commercial photography career, and subsequently she has created campaigns for Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, MAC Cosmetics, Baccarat, Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Absolut, H&M, Lacoste, Dior, Diesel, Chanel, Miu Miu and Blumarine as well as a series of advertisements for HBO's Sex and the City - both the TV series and the feature film. Von Unwerth has also ventured into directing short films for various clients including Dior, Azzedine Alaïa, Katherine Hamnett, and Guess; commercials for Clinique, Revlon, Victoria's Secret, Cacharel; and a range of music videos.
Von Unwerth's first book Snaps was published in 1994, followed by Wicked (1998), Couples (1999), Revenge (2003) which was accompanied by exhibitions in New York, London, Paris and Berlin; Omahyra & Boyd (2005) and The Story of Olga (2012). Her photographs have been widely exhibited internationally including in Archaeology of Elegance (2012), Fashioning Fiction, exhibited at MoMA/Queens in 2004 and The Model as Muse, exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009).
