Martin Schoeller is a New York based photographer whose style is distinguished by similar treatment of all subjects whether
they are celebrities or unknown. His most recognizable work are his portraits, shot with similar lighting, backdrop, and tone. His work appears in The New Yorker, Outside Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, and Vogue.

Biography

Born in Munich Germany on March 12, 1968. Married to Helen Rutman Schoeller, a graphic designer, in 2000.

Career

Schoeller studied photography at Lette Verein in Berlin. He came to New York in 1993 and worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz

Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.-Early life and education:Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's...

 from 1993 to 1996. He left in 1996 to pursue his freelancing career. Schoeller has been a contributing photographer to New Yorker since 1999.
A book of his portraits was published by teNeues

TeNeues

teNeues is a publishing company founded by Dr. Heinz teNeues in Krefeld, Germany, in 1931. It is a third generation family firm and one of the leading book publishers in the areas of photography, design, lifestyle, and travel...

 in 2005: "Close Up: Portraits 1998-2005". Another, "Female Bodybuilders," was published by Pond Press in 2008. Stern published a portfolio of his work, "Fotographie Portfolio #54", also in 2008. Schoeller's influences include photographers August Sander

August Sander

August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Sander's first book Face of our Time was published in 1929...

, Bernd Becher, and Hilla Becher. His work is in the Permanent Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

Honors

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

One Person Exhibitions

2010 - 2011 National Portrait Gallery Australia

2010 Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, "Female Body Builders" New York

2009 Curatorial Assistance, traveling exhibition

2008 Hasted Hunt, New York http://www.hastedhunt.com/photos.php?a=martin_schoeller&i=57529

2007 - 2008 Ace Gallery Beverly Hills http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=41

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

Noted Projects

Photographing the Pirahã tribe in northwestern Brazil for The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/04/16/slideshow_070416_piraha

Schoeller's photo books

• Close Up: Portraits 1998-2005 (2005)
• Female Bodybuilders (2008)
• Martin Schoeller (2009) Stern Portfolio