Who exactly is Peaches, and what does she do? She is Toronto-born Merrill Nisker, and she does pretty much whatever the fuck she wants. Musician; singer; performance artist; producer; filmmaker; actor; writer; provocateur; icon — the Berlin-based whirlwind of unfiltered creativity is captured at her energetic best by tour photographer Holger Talinski in a new photographic book with access-all-areas privileges into the life of one extraordinary character.
Le Zoo
Geneva, Switzerland
October 8, 2009
Brazen, transgressive, cult hero… these are just some of the descriptions used to try to distill the essence of Peaches, and this is not just the gushing words of book jacket blurb. Texts accompanying Talinski’s images come from Yoko Ono, Michael Stipe and Ellen Page, as well as from the artist herself.
Whether she’s caught in a frenzy, spitting blood onto a gig audience, slumped in near exhaustion in the show’s aftermath, or hard at work preparing her next in-your-face project, Peaches is never less than completely honest — unflinchingly, at times uncomfortably so. Adored by established stars and aspiring artists alike, Peaches is one of the most important figures in alternative pop culture today. See why in Peaches and Talinski’s What Else Is In the Teaches Of Peaches, published by Akashic Books.
Peaches & Mathias Brendel
La Cigale, Paris, France
January 23, 2009
Studio Charlie Le Mindu
London, UK
April 2009
Peaches, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
San Francisco, California
November 2014
Peaches’s Home
Berlin, Germany
April 2009
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 2009
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, New York
June 19, 2009
Peaches Does Herself
HAU Theater, Berlin, Germany
October 2010
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels, Belgium
May 5, 2009
Louise de Ville, Peaches & Frau Pepper
Portland Open Air, Hamburg, Germany
August 25, 2012
Le Bataclan
Paris, France
December 11, 2009
Cat’s Cradle
Carrboro, North Carolina
June 16, 2009
Berlin, Germany
June 2010
Iggy Pop & Peaches
Greenville Festival
Paaren im Gilen, Germany
July 29, 2012
Cyndy Villano, Tranimal Dancers, Simonne Jones, Danni Daniels & Peaches
Sziget Festival
Budapest, Hungary
August 11, 2010
All photography © Holger Talinski,
taken from What Else Is In the Teaches Of Peaches
