Martin Schoeller

Martin Schoeller ( born April 12, 1968 in Munich) is a German photographer. He is one of the best known in the U.S. for young photographers, while his works are still relatively unknown in Germany.

Life

Schoeller, who was born in Munich in 1968, is the son of the journalist and literary critic Wilfried F. Schoeller and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. After high school, he applied to the Berlin Lette successfully for an apprenticeship as a photo designer. Following this training, he was from 1993 to 1996 first assistant to the renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz U.S..

Since 1993 lives and works in New York Schoeller. He also works for the New Yorker magazine as the successor of Richard Avedon. In addition, his work has appeared in publications such as GQ, Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Harper 's Bazaar and many more.

Work

An important part of his work represent portraits, which he calls " close-ups ", spectacular close-ups of famous personalities such as Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Jon Bon Jovi or Angelina Jolie. In Germany these recordings have become known through an extensive photo spread in the magazine Stern (no. 27 /2005). His paintings he describes himself as: "I think my pictures are not unfair the contrary, I think they try to be honest. . "

Martin Schoeller used for its close-ups always the same special technique: It measures the eye level of his opponent and then brings the camera lens exactly at the same height. Instead of a camera flash used Schoeller soft neon light. By reducing the photographed people on the face Schoeller want to show that behind the celebrity facade put ordinary people.

Honors

2013 American Photography: one of the best images of 2013 - Michael Douglas as Liberace 2012 Photo District News Photo Annual 1998-2010 American Photography Photo Annual 1999-2010 Communication Arts Photo Annual 2001-2010 Photo District News Photo Annual 2010 Best Entertainment & Celebrity cover of the 2010 ASME Cover - GQ / Clint Eastwood cover 2010 National Magazine Awards: Photo Portfolio, American Society of Magazine Editors - "The Hadza " National Geographic 2010 Medal Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - " The Actress " The New Yorker 2010 Medal Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - "The Hadza " National Geographic 2010 Medal Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - " Men of the Year Portfolio" GQ 2009 Medal Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - " Marc Jacobs Does not Give a F *** " GQ 2009 National Magazine Awards: Best in Entertainment / Celebrity Covers, American Society of Magazine Editors - " How to Be a Man" Issue Esquire 2008 Best Portrait Award, American Photo Images of the Year 2008 National Magazine Awards: Photojournalism, American Society of Magazine Editors - "The Interpreter" The New Yorker 2008 Cover Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - "American Gangster " Entertainment Weekly 2008 Medal Finalist, Society of Publication Designers - " George Clooney " Entertainment Weekly 2008 Merit Award, Society of Publication Designers - " Chill Will" Premiere Magazine 2008 Merit Award: Entire Issue, Society of Publication Designers - GQ 2006 Society of Publication Designers, Silver Medal " The Originals " GQ 2006 Best Celebrity Cover 2nd Place, Magazine Publishers of America - "Steve Carell " Premiere Magazine 2004 Gold Medal, Society of Publication Designers - " Tigers of the Snow: Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas " Outside Magazine 2004 National Magazine Awards: Photo Portfolio / Essay, American Society of Magazine Editors - " Tigers of the Snow: Three Generations of Great Climbing Sherpas " Outside Magazine 2002 Cooper -Hewitt National Design Museum group exhibition, "Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design" 2002 Silver Medal, Society of Publication Designers - "Hip Hop Portfolio" The New Yorker 2001 Gold Medal, Society of Publication Designers - "Sports Portfolio" The New Yorker 2000 Silver Medal, Society of Publication Designers - " Cheerleaders " Rolling Stone 2000 Best New Talent, LIFE Magazine Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards

Solo Exhibitions

2010 - 2011 National Portrait Gallery Australia 2010 - 2011 Camera Work, Berlin 2010 Hasted Hunt, New York 2009 Curatorial Assistance, traveling exhibition 2008 Hasted Hunt, New York 2007 - 2008 Ace Gallery Beverly Hills 2007 Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston 2007 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston 2006 Hasted Hunt, New York Wouter Van Leeuwen 2006 Gallery, Amsterdam 2006 Brancolini Grimaldi Contemporary Art, Florence 2005 Forma International Center of Photography, Milan 2005 Camera Work, Berlin

Publications

• Close Up: Portraits 1998-2005 (2005)
• Female Bodybuilders (2008)
• Identical: Portraits of Twins, teNeues, Kempen 2012, ISBN 978-3832796648