Pierre Winther est né à Copenhague, au Danemark en 1964. En 1985, le jeune auto-didacte prend la direction de Paris pour y puiser l’inspiration et concrétiser ses idées. Depuis, il a effectué des photos shoots à travers le monde. Il a shooté pour les plus publications les plus prestigieuses telles que The Face, iD, Vogue, Elle, Spin, Flaunt, Vibe et bien d’autres encore.
Il a crée plusieurs campagnes de publicité internationales notamment pour des maisons comme Dunhill, Diesel, Levi’s, Hugo Boss, Nike, JVC, qui ont toutes recues un succès mondial et gagnées de nombreux prix.
Un de ses plus fameux sujets est l’homme chavauchant un requin tigre pour une publicité Levi’s.
Pierre Winther's unique cinematic art-style, is grasp of storytelling mixed with a vivid sense of atmosphere and scenic compositions. His unique ideas have resulted in a multitude of award-winning advertising campaigns and projects. Pierre Winther is probably one of the most interesting photographers of the modern photography. His images are composed from a mixture of twisted reality and dark humor. His acute sense of often alluring violent, transgressive and slick atmosphere makes each picture a unique and timeless art piece, each one hiding a story or comment about human behavior - a story left for the viewer to finish in their own minds. Pierre Winther has created high profile advertising campaigns for such clients as: Dunhill, Diesel, Levi's, Hugo Boss, Nike, and many more. Pierre Winther has delivered editorial stories to magazines such as: The Face, iD, Rolling Stone, Flaunt, Spin, Vibe, Dutch, Vogue. Pierre Winther's projects includes videos/covers for for INXS, Skunk Anansie, Tricky, Björk, Nicolette, Massive Attack, Beastie Boys etc.
Pierre Winther was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1964. In 1985 the young, self-taught photographer headed for Paris to seek inspiration and pursue an idea. Ever since, he has carried out ambitious photo shoots throughout the world. He was shooting for top editorial publications, such as The Face, iD, Vogue, Elle, Spin, Flaunt, Vibe and more and creating several world-wide advertising campaigns, among others for Dunhill, Diesel, Levi's, Hugo Boss, Nike, JVC, that have achieved iconic status around the world and won numerous awards. One of the most talked-about subjects is the man riding a tiger shark from a levi ?s shoot.
Winther is the key artist for cinematic storytelling. With all variety in his subjects, there is a narrative constant that transcends the static motif. Whether it’s the innocent man wit...
Pierre Winther is the creator of illusions and stories of graphic quality, from which he has developed his own individual cinematic style. His narrative photographs have attracted a great deal of attention worldwide and have, over the years, shaped award-winning international advertising campaigns, music videos, as well numerous renowned magazines. The roughly 60 exhibits on display, among them the series Lunar Drive which will be presented for the very first time, provide an exemplary overview of the work of the artist.
Daily meteorite showers, no grass and no trees. It is a rather inhospitable place named "Libra" on which the portrayed humans of Pierre Winther's series Lunar Drive live. The planet is smaller than Earth, resulting in less gravity. However, this enables the inhabitants of "Libra" t...
Gallery Camera Work in Berlin presents from September 20th until November 15th an exhibition of fashion photography of the 20th and 21st centuries. This group exhibition provides a representative overview of the development of fashion photography from its beginnings in the 1920s to the present time. With over 250 works of a total of 65 photographers - many of which are vintages - one can trace the different trends of fashion photography.
The spectrum of the photographs on display ranges from the sometimes classic compositions of an Edward Steichen to the experimental photographs of Man Ray, from the sexual revolution to the resulting emancipation of women as shown for example by Helmut Newton, from the cool elegance of the 1990s - influenced by Peter Lindbergh - to the highly imaginative works of a Tim Walker. On...