Ellen von Unwerth Photography
German, b. 1954
Ellen von Unwerth is a director and photographer whose bold and erotic images of women have left an indelible mark on the visual landscape of the fashion world.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, von Unwerth was a model in Paris for nearly a decade before turning to photography. Her 1989 images of Claudia Schiffer for a Guess jeans campaign, echoing the playfully feminine style of 1950s pinups, earned both Schiffer and von Unwerth wide attention. Over the years, her work has been featured regularly in magazines like Interview, Vanity Fair, Vogue, I-D and The Face, appearing on covers and in both editorial and commercial contexts. In 1991, she won first prize at the International Festival of Fashion Photography.
Von Unwerth’s 1995 photoshoot of Drew Barrymore for Playboy magazine is among her most popular work and, coupled with an array of album covers for such artists as Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, gave her standing as a celebrity photographer beyond the borders of the fashion world. Von Unwerth’s pictures have a distinctive look and feel, with saturated colors and dense compositions, while also, in certain cases, paying homage to great photographers of the 20th century.
The 2015 Tree of Love, Bavaria, in which a nude model reclines inside the heart-shaped hollow of an enormous decaying trunk, recalls Edward Weston’s sensuous use of the body’s geometry in his compositions. And the dramatically lit Tic Tac Toe from 2010, showing a scantily clad woman posing on a city street at night, evokes Helmut Newton’s atmospheric photograph of a model wearing Yves St. Laurent’s Le Smoking jacket, shot for French Vogue in 1975.
Von Unwerth has published several books of her photographs, including Revenge, in 2003, and Fräulein, in 2009. Those volumes have been joined by one showcasing the photos of her series “Heimat,” in which she playfully combines visual tropes of traditional Bavarian life with her signature eroticism and wit. She is represented by several dealers, including the Staley-Wise Gallery, in New York, and Galerie Trabant, in Kitzbühel, Austria.
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Artist: Ellen von Unwerth
Claudia Schiffer, Marrakech, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Girl in chain, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Eva Green, Celebrity, black and white photography
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Kate Moss, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Christy Turlington & Linda Evangelista, Cannes, Celebrity, black and white
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Upstairs, Paris, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Better fun, Celebrity, black and white photography, nude
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Ravissantes
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Penelope Cruz, Paris
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 11,000 - 36,000 €
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Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director. In addition to her career as fashion photographer, filmmaker and video direct...
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Nudes in the Royalton, New York
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Raquel Nave and Omaryha
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Cherry Kiss
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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A scrub a day, Bavaria
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
In this picture you can see a naked woman who takes a bath in milk and scrubs her back with a big brush.
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Let’s Take a Walk, London
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Leg Show, Rouilly-le-bas
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Wicked, Adriana Lima
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Tatjana Patitz, Paris
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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La Garçonne, Nadja Auermann, Paris
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Elle Macpherson, New York
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
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Morning Beauty (Claudia Schiffer)
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
A portrait of this famous supermodel with open blond long hair- posing in front of a window, covered with a pink curtain.
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Heavy Duty - Girl carrying Milk through cows stabel, fine art photograhpy, 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Dirndl - portrait of a model in a traditional Bavarian dress
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Kate Moss Shopping II - in a light pink negligee, coat and wiping her face off
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Supermodel Kate Moss in a kitchen in front of groceries and a fridge wearing a light pink negligee and coat and wiping her face off after drinking milk.
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Banana Boat - girls sitting on a blow up banana, fine art photography, 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Bathing Beauties
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of models in floating tires in a blue swimming pool, styled in Vintage look.
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Garden of Eden
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Colorful portrait of a cheeky couple in a tree with red apples in a garden.
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Heidi, Kitzbuehel
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 60,000 €
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A girl with red stockings is wa...
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Naomi Campbell
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of the supermodel in lingerie, gloves and knee-length boots on the phone.
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Early 2000s Ellen von Unwerth Photography
Keyhole - from the Heimat series
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Picture of a model in a pink dress and with braided hair spinning.
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Pretzel – from the Heimat series
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Picture of a model in a pink and blue traditional Bavarian costume looking through a Pretzel.
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Baking Party – from the Heimat series
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Picture of four models with braided hair in lingerie kneading dough.
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On the Horse - from the Heimat series
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Picture of three models in short leather trousers with a horse in Bavaria, Germany, in front of a traditional house.
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Monica Belluci with mask, opening her black top
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Erotic and seductive portrait of the Italian movie actress and model with mask.
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Leg Show
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Cheeky picture of three models with suspenders in 40s vintage style from behind.
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1990s Ellen von Unwerth Photography
Fanfare, Bavaria
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Edition of 3
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Four girls in Dirndl play...
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Peaches
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Ellen von Unwerth is known for her erotic images, always playing with female sexuality, innocence, and the forbidden. Most of Unwerth's ...
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Tree of love, Bavaria 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Edition 10
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Naked female is sitting in a trunk that looks ...
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Beating it - while it's hot, Bavaria 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
Edition 3
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Naked female blacksmith works with hammer and anvil to...
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The big catch, Bavaria 2015, 21st century, contemporary, fashion photography
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Munich, DE
Price range: 9,000 - 36,000 €
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Two girls fishing on a boa...
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Smoke, The Story of Olga – nude with mask and cigar, fine art photography, 2011
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Lambda
The Awakening, From the Story of Olga - fine art photography, 2011
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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We can do it! - from the Heimat series
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Freshly Bloomed
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Snow White - nude model with an apple between rocks, fine art photography, 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Carla Bruni Smoking
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Nude portrait of supermodel Carla Bruni in Parisian chic.
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Easy Rider
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Sexy nude picture of two models riding a motorcycle.
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Punishment
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Provocative nude picture of two models with masks and whip.
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Upstairs, Paris - Model in Lingerie walking up Stairs, fine art photography 1996
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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1990s Contemporary Ellen von Unwerth Photography
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'Naomi Campbell Shaving' - the model sitting on a toilet, fine art photography
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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The Mask (Nadja Auermann)
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of the supermodel wearing a lace mask over her face.
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Penelope Cruz smoking Cigar - the actress posing with her arms behind her head
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Star actress Penelope Cruz smoking. High-end framing available.
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Embrace
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Nude models covered with mud embracing each other.
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Disco Hat
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Disco hat worn by a model, sticking the tongue out.
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Little Beast 2
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Provocative picture of two disguised models in rose underwear and with bunny ears on a sofa.
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Nudes at Royalton - two Models undressing, fine art photography, 1992
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Necklace - portrait of two models showing cleavage in traditional Bavarian dress
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Picture of two models with red lips wearing traditional Bavarian costumes and big necklaces in the alpine m...
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2010s Contemporary Ellen von Unwerth Photography
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Bavarian Girls - Girls in Dirndl peeling Potatoes, fine art Photography, 2015
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
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Heimat
By Ellen von Unwerth
Located in Vienna, AT
Picture of a girl with red stockings and a thong from behind on a hiking way in Bavaria, Germany.
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