Ellen von Unwerth

Von Unwerth

Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954) is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years before becoming a photographer, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs.

Von Unwerth found fame when she first photographed Claudia Schiffer. Her work has been published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview, The Face, Arena, Twill, L'Uomo Vogue and I-D, and she has published several books of photography.

She won first prize at the International Festival of Fashion Photography in 1991.

Von Unwerth did promotional photography for Duran Duran from 1994–1997 and did some photography for their 1990 album Liberty and 1997 album Medazzaland. Her work has been seen on other album covers, such as Bananarama's Pop Life (1991), Belinda Carlisle's A Woman and a Man (1996), Cathy Dennis' Am I the Kinda Girl? (1996), Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope (1997), British R&B group All Saints' Saints & Sinners (2000), singer-songwriter Dido's Life for Rent (2003), Britney Spears' album Blackout (2007), Christina Aguilera's 2006 album Back To Basics and her 2008 greatest hits album Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits and R&B singer Rihanna's Rated R and Talk That Talk.

Von Unwerth has also directed short films for fashion designers, and music videos for several pop musicians. She has directed commercials and web films for brands Revlon, Clinique, Equinox and others, many featuring celebrities.

Books

Exhibitions

Films

Awards for movies

Editorial

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ http://home.frognet.net/~mcfadden/evu/Ellen_von_Unwerth_Lady_Chatterley.htm
  2. ↑ http://galoremag.com/ride-it/
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