PHOTOGRAPHY
Ellen von
Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director.
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In addition to her career as fashion photographer, filmmaker and video director, her work has been collected 
in numerous books and two photo-novellas.
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Von Unwerth’s first book, Snaps, was published in 1994 followed by Wicked (1998), Couples (1999) and Omahyra & Boyd (2005).
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Her photo-novella Revenge was published in 2003 accompanied by exhibitions in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Moscow.
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The Fräulein book was published in December of 2009 by Taschen and accompanied by exhibitions in New York, London, Paris and Berlin.
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In 2012 Ellen von Unwerth published the photo-novella « The story of Olga » as a collectors item with Taschen publishing house.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Von Unwerth has also ventured into directing short films for various clients like Dior, Azzedine Alaïa and Katherine Hamnett, Guess and commercials for Clinique, Revlon, Victoria’s Secret, Cacharel and a range of music videos.
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Ellen won several photography prizes and is exhibiting her work successfully all over the world.
November 13 2012
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Ellen Von Unwerth won the LUCIE Awards – Fashion layout of the year
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Lucie Awards, one of the worlds most prestigious photography awards, saw Italian Vogue win the Fashion Spread of the Year category with Ellen Von Unwerth`s Haute Couture story with Astrid Berges-Frisby.
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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 galeries worldwide.