Juergen Teller (born 1964, Erlangen, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in England. He initially photographed celebrities, and then quickly graduated to shoots for youth style magazines such as The Face and i-D. He is regarded as one of the most influential of contemporary fashion photographers, being part of introducing the "snap-shot aestetics" in fashion and now shoots frequently for Condé Nast publication W magazine, and Marc Jacobs. He is well-known for introducing the heroin chic trend in the early 1990s.

Teller grew up in the small town of Erlangen in Germany. His parents was Czech immigrants, and he describes his childhood both as beautiful and suffocating and conservative, much because of his father's emotional absence. During a vacation in Tuscany with his cousin, Teller first got interested in photography.

In between 1984 and 1986 he attended the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich.

In 1986 he moved to London to escape German National Service and a fractured home life aggravated by his father's alcoholism. There he met Nick Knight for a portfolio viewing. Knight supported Teller in becoming an autonomous photographer rather than working as an assistant, and soon started working for magazines like i-D and the Face.

On a photoshoot in Romania he met stylist Venetia Scott, who became his partner both professionally and in private, and Scott helped Teller in finding his own distinctive style. They also have a daughter named Lola (born in 1998), who often features in Teller's photos. Teller and Scott broke up sometime in the early 2000s, but have continued to work together.

In February 1988, just when his career started taking off, Teller's father committed suicide.

In the 1990s, Teller's work was ubiquitous in fashion editorials and advertising spreads for the likes of Hugo Boss, Marc Jacobs, Katharine Hamnett and Jigsaw, and his work was dubbed heroin chic, anti-fashion or grunge, together with that of Corinne Day, David Sims, and brothers Mario and Davide Sorrenti.

He has shot all of the advertisements for Marc Jacobs's clothing line, and (as of Sept 2005) the last two seasons of advertising campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent.

Teller has made several short films including, "Can I Own Myself", in 1998, which featured fashion icon Kate Moss.

He is known for using a simple 35 mm point and shoot camera.

He is married to London gallerist Sadie Coles since 2003, and they have a son named Ed born in 2005.