Technical improvements to the daguerreotype in the early 1840s took the world by storm as portrait galleries opened everywhere to meet demand. Martin Schoeller’s new book, Portraits, a 15-year retrospective of his modern portrait photography, is further evidence of the long-lasting power of the photographic portrait that began 175 years ago. I caught up with […]
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O fotógrafo nascido em Munique, Martin Schoeller, tem como principal característica o extremo detalhe. Ao retratar famosos em suas fotografias, parece que estamos face a face com nossos maiores ídolos.
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Hollywood personalities in fun scenes created by Martin Schoeller, the New York based photographer best known for his tight portraits or "Close Up" series, remains...
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Martin Schoeller est un photographe New-Yorkais connu pour ses portraits serrés avec un éclairage similaire qu’il utilise quel que soit son sujet, un inconnu ou une célébrité. http://martinschoeller.com/
Another HUGE amount of advertising (and not only) inspiration – Martin Schoeller ! Bio>”Close Up” I confess – I’m a MASSIVE fan of Angelina Jolie! Therefore, as a …
When Martin Schoeller was sent to the White House to photograph president Bill Clinton in 2000 for the New Yorker, he knew exactly the shot...
Martin Schoeller internet research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Schoeller · He was born in Munich, Germany, but he’s based in new York. · He treats his models the same way, if they are a celebrity or not · His work is recognisable because he uses the same back drops and lighting for all of his portraits · He came to new York as an assistant for Annie Leibovite from 1993 to 1996 but left to start his freelance work · teNeues published a book of his portraits in 2005 called ‘Close up: portraits 1998-2005 and ‘Female bodybuilders’ which was published by Pond Press in 2008 · Schoeller’s influences include photographers like ‘August Sander, Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Pictures from http://pinterest.com/netmvp/photographer-martin-schoeller/ I found Martins work when I was looking at Jill Greenberg’s work. I like it because it’s a change from the typical styles that you think of when you hear the style portraiture. Its bright look and low contrasting light wasn’t something I considered doing when I initially read the brief but it’s probably a good avenue to research. This is the light setup used by Martin Schoeller http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8ZTGXhWjAf4#! This video shows an example of one of his shoots with a bodybuilder. It’s hard to say what my favourite image is because they are pretty much all the same however I think I prefer the ones that have a gradient to the background.
