Juergen Teller - The feminists' friend

"He says he never wants his subjects to feel uncomfortable. Women trust him and like being photographed by him because he treats them as individuals. Lily Cole asked him to photograph her nude recently, with ethereal results. Teller is the feminists’ friend. “Women are the stronger sex,” he says. He hates photography that objectifies women’s bodies. “That’s insulting, degrading,” he says. He spurns body fascism, thinks beauty comes in many forms – fat, thin, young, old. He doesn’t flatter or embellish, wants to find the truth beneath the skin; his warts-and-all approach is celebratory rather than exposing." - Kathy Brewis