Martin Schoeller

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

Biography
Born in Munich Germany on April 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 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 in 2005: "Close Up: Portraits 1998-2005". Schoeller's influences include photographers August Sander, Bernd Becher, and Hilla Becher. His work is in the Permanent Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

Honors
American Photography, 1998-2007
Society of Publication Designers, Silver Medal, 2006 "The Originals" GQ
Society of Publication Designers, Gold Medal, 2004 "Three Generations of Sherpas on Mt. Everest" Outside Magazine
Photo District News Photo Annual, 2003
Society of Publication Designers Silver Medal, 2002; for "Hip Hop Portfolio," The New Yorker
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum group exhibition, 2002; "Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design"
Communication Arts (including feature article), 1999-2002
Photo District News Photo Annual, 2001-2007
2001 Society of Publication Designers Gold Medal, 2001; for "Sports Portfolio," The New Yorker
Society of Publication Designers Silver Medal, 2000; for "Cheerleaders," Rolling Stone
Life Magazine, Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Best New Talent, 2000

One Person Exhibitions
2008 Hasted Hunt, New York
2007 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

References
Life Magazine Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Best New Talent and interview [1]