Throughout his 35-year career, Juergen Teller has been renowned for his non-conformist style, defying expectations with a unique combination of seriousness and self-irony and creating authentic narratives from his insatiable curiosity for life. i need to live, accompanying Teller’s major solo exhibition at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, in 2023–24 and the Triennale Milano in 2024, captures the depth of his unmatched achievement. Storytelling has always been integral to his practice, realized through the unconventional merging of personal experience and commercial work across genres: from portraiture and landscapes to nudes, still lifes and the ever-changing self-portrait. This book embodies Teller’s interest in the unpredictable circle of life and his desire to explore himself and his familial relationships.