Martin Schoeller

Martin Schoeller, 2017

Martin Schoeller (born April 12, 1968 in Munich ) is a German photographer . He is one of the best-known young photographers in the USA , while his work is still relatively unknown in Germany .

Life

Schoeller is a son of the journalist and literary critic Wilfried F. Schoeller and the brother of the director Bettina Schoeller . He grew up in Frankfurt am Main . After graduating from high school, he trained as a photo designer at the Berlin Lette Association . From 1993 to 1996 he was the first assistant to the renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz .

Schoeller has lived and worked in New York since 1993 . There he also works for The New Yorker magazine as the successor to Richard Avedon . His work also appears in publications such as National Geographic, Time, GQ, Glamor, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

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An important part of his work are portraits, which he calls close-ups , spectacular close-ups of well-known personalities such as Bill Clinton , Jack Nicholson , Jon Bon Jovi or Angelina Jolie . In Germany these recordings became known through an extensive photo series in the magazine Stern (No. 27/2005). He describes his pictures as follows: “I think my pictures are not unfair. On the contrary, I think they are trying to be more honest. "

Martin Schoeller always uses the same technique for his close-ups: He measures the eye level of the person opposite and then brings the camera lens to exactly the same height. Instead of a camera flash, Schoeller uses soft neon light. About the way he works, he says, “I treat them all the same, whether they're a celebrity or a friend or a homeless person from the Lower East Side. You get the same light, the same background, the same camera, the same treatment. "

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 Doesn't 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

2020 NRW Forum , Düsseldorf
2010–2011 National Portrait Gallery Australia
2010–2011 Camerawork, 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
2006 Gallery Wouter Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam
2006 Brancolini Grimaldi Contemporary Art, Florence
2005 Forma International Center of Photography, Milan
2005 Camerawork, Berlin

Publications

Close Up: Portraits 1998-2005 (2005)
Female Bodybuilders (2008)
Martin Schoeller Stern Portfolio (2009)
Identical: Portraits of Twins. teNeues Verlag, Kempen 2012, ISBN 978-3832796648
Close. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95829-491-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Schoeller. In: Artfacts. Accessed January 7, 2020 (English).
↑ Jan Christoph Wiechmann: Martin Schoeller: The head hunter. In: stern.de . August 16, 2005, accessed January 7, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schoeller, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich

[1] Martin Schoeller. In: Artfacts. Accessed January 7, 2020 (English).

[2] Jan Christoph Wiechmann: Martin Schoeller: The head hunter. In: stern.de . August 16, 2005, accessed January 7, 2020 .