Since 1976, Allan Teger has been producing his fascinating photographs depicting the curves of the human body as a landscape, his work is referred to as bodyscapes. No digital manipulation or double exposure takes place, the little figures are manually placed onto the human form and
the technique of the artist produces the exceptional levels of light and shade to make the bodyscapes a believable reality.
Teger received no formal education in his craft and in fact worked as an academic psychologist lecturing on altered realisations. He came to the understanding that our world contains shapes and forms that can be seen on a human body. The coexistence of the two realities are seen in his photography which can be perceived as a human body or a landscape.
There remains an amount of controversy surrounding his work, described as sensual, collectable and erotic. There is however a whimsical aspect, a playfulness where little toy figures carry out their everyday leisure activities without a hint of taboo, on the flowing undulations, nooks and crannies of the human form.
