Here’s a lovely Christmas present for photography lovers – the Grand Palais Éphémère, not far from our hotels, is hosting the largest exhibition ever of photos by Juergen Teller.

Don’t tarry though – surprisingly the event only lasts three weeks and finishes early January 2024, just before the photographer’s 60th birthday, and will next be shown in Milan.

Since the early 1990s, Juergen Teller has created a very personal, no-holds-barred style of photography, producing portraits, themed series and fashion shoots.

More recently, he and his family have increasingly become the focus of his work, and many of these shots can be seen in the exhibition, as well as other commissioned works (the organisers warn that certain images my be shocking to younger visitors).

Filling the huge exhibition space, this is the largest exhibition of the photographer’s work ever organised. The presentation is by 6a architects (who also constructed Teller’s London studio), featuring 4-metre high wooden walls that are completely recyclable.

The photos are presented non-chronologically, with different sizes, with or without frames, and you’ll also be able to admire two projections, three video creations and a slideshow. Even with the same lighting for all photos, the idea is that the viewing experience is different for each section and photo. Glimpses of the Eiffel Tower over the huge walls are quite deliberate.

You’ll also be able to see many books of the artist’s work, presented in fifty-two specially-commissioned presentation cases hand-made by design agency Jones Neville.

If you like the exhibition and would like to purchase the catalogue, it would seem it won’t be available until June 2024. You can pre-order from your nearest Amazon store here.

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The exhibition I Need To Live by Juergen Teller is at the Grand Palais Éphémère (here) until 9th January 2024

Open every day from 10am-7pm

Admission (online bookings here) : 15€ / 11€

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To check out the English press kit for the exhibition, simply click the ‘fullscreen’ button at the bottom right of the image below.

Juergen Teller exhibition, … by Jason Whittaker