Martin schoeller

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.