Juergen Teller is the bomb.
Although born in Germany, he is based in England and began his career by capturing images of celebrities like Elton John and Nirvana. He soon became involved in fashion photography, for which he is best known, and shot for i-D and the Face. You might recognise his work from the Marc Jacobs advertising campaigns.
This article on him from the Times online is quite entertaining:
'Juergen Teller: the exhibitionist'
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3886349.ece
His work has appeared in many exhibitions in Britain, for example the recent Street and Studio at the Tate Modern which was really great, and if you like him I recommend his book Do You Know What I Mean? where a grotty, pink-haired Kate Moss gins at you from upside-down on the cover.
"Most fashion photography is done by gay people finding women sexy,” Teller says, “which is sort of not sexy at all, at least to a heterosexual man. She’s so retouched, so airbrushed, without any human response at all, and, well, you don’t really want to fuck a doll.”
-Juergen Teller in New York magazine
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