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Ellen von Unwerth
Penelope Cruz, Paris

2003

About the Item

Price range: 11,000 - 36,000 € Limited Edition of 15 Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director. In addition to her career as fashion photographer, filmmaker and video director, her work has been collected 
in numerous books and two photo-novellas. Von Unwerth’s first book, »Snaps«, was published in 1994 followed by »Wicked« (1998), »Couples« (1999) and »Omahyra & Boyd« (2005). Her photo-novella »Revenge« was published in 2003 accompanied by exhibitions in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Moscow. The »Fräulein« book was published in December of 2009 by Taschen and accompanied by exhibitions in New York, London, Paris and Berlin. In 2012, Ellen von Unwerth published the photo-novella »The Story of Olga« as a collector's item with Taschen publishing house. 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). After a decade as a fashion model, von Unwerth brought a first-hand knowledge of the kinetic energy
 of fashion photo shoots to the creation of her own photographs. Her sensual campaigns for Guess in the early 1990s launched von Unwerth's commercial career, and subsequently she has created campaigns for Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, MAC Cosmetics, Baccarat, Moët & Chandon, Veuve Cliquot, 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 series and the feature film. Ellen won several photography prizes and is exhibiting her work successfully all over the world. An ever-growing celebrity list includes some of the biggest names in fashion, art, music and design and Ellen continues to exhibit her work in prestigious Galleries worldwide.
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