Marco Justus Schöler
Marco Justus Schöler (born May 24, 1990 in Mannheim ) is a German commercial photographer . His focus is on portrait photography , advertising photography and photos of prominent personalities. He gained national fame through his project Faces Behind the Voices in 2016.
Life
Marco Justus Schöler grew up in Laudenbach on Bergstrasse . At the age of 14 he developed his passion for photography , inspired by his grandfather, who bequeathed him many analog cameras . With this creative hobby, Schöler taught himself photography .
In 2011 Schöler decided to move to Berlin . After a few months of assisting various national and international photographers and directors , he started his own business. Over the years he developed his own visual language and specialized in striking portraits of well-known personalities as well as works for good causes.
His customers include Deutsche Bahn , Carlsberg , 20th Century Fox , Mercedes-Benz and Omega Watches . He has already photographed Bud Spencer , Mats Hummels , Thomas Müller , Reinhold Messner , Hannes Jaenicke , Joko Winterscheidt , Swizz Beatz , Matthias Schweighöfer , Cro , Ken Block and many others. Marco Justus has been the German ambassador for the Swiss flash unit manufacturer Bron Elektronik since 2016.
Marco Justus Schöler lives with his partner in Berlin.
Projects
Faces Behind The Voices
His most popular project so far was the multimedia project "Faces Behind The Voices", which was dedicated to the anonymous trade of German dubbing . He got the idea for a film with Leonardo DiCaprio and his distinctive, German voice. After long and persistent research, he photographed the 30 most famous voice actors in Germany. The exhibition toured in 2016 through the largest main train stations in Germany. From spring 2017 the tour will continue in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . In 2016, over 4 million media enthusiasts visited the exhibition tour for “Faces Behind The Voices”. An interactive illustrated book of the same name was published parallel to the exhibition tour. The illustrated book is combined with a smartphone app through which the reader can experience the exhibition.
Reviews
The press received the project consistently positively:
"Marco Justus Schöler's unique photo project brings the artists, who normally work anonymously in the background, into the spotlight they deserve."
The online newspaper Zeitjung dealt with Marco Justus Schöler and his project in an interview, as did the online magazine CÆTCH.
Publications
- Faces Behind the Voices. Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-944721-82-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hollywood's German dubbing voices. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
- ^ The photographer Marco Justus Schöler in the exhibition Faces Behind the Voices. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
- ^ Exhibition - The faces behind the voices. Sueddeutsche.de, accessed on October 23, 2016 .
- ↑ a b CAETCH Berlin: Marco Justus Schöler in an interview with CÆTCH. May 19, 2015, accessed October 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Marco J. Schöler photographs Reinhold Messner for DB mobil. (No longer available online.) In: www.gosee.de. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016 ; accessed on October 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lomography - An interview with portrait and celebrity photographer Marco Justus Schöler . ( lomography.de [accessed October 10, 2016]).
- ↑ Events at the train station | DB Station & Service. (No longer available online.) In: www.bahnhof.de. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016 ; accessed on October 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Faces Behind The Voices . In: Audible magazine . May 3, 2016 ( magazin.audible.de [accessed October 10, 2016]).
- ↑ The Faces Behind the Voices - Marco Justus Schöler dubbing voices in a portrait. In: Zeitjung. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
- ↑ youtube.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schöler, Marco Justus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim , Germany |