MARTIN SCHOELLER
Exhibitions
Gallery Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (Spring 2006)
Brancolini Grimaldi Contemporary Art, Rome (Spring 2006)
Camerawork, Berlin (Summer 2005)
Forma International Center of Photography, Rome (Winter 2005)
Recognition
American Photography, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1998-2000
Photo District News,Photo Annual, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001
Society of Publication Designers, Gold Medal, "Three Generations
of Sherpas on Mt. Everest," Outside Magazine, 2004
Communication Arts, 2004, 1999-2002 (feature article in the May/June 2002 issue)
Society of Publication Designers, Silver Medal, "Hip Hop Portfolio," The New Yorker, 2002
Society of Publication Designers, Gold Medal, "Sports Portfolio," The New Yorker, 2001
Society of Publication Designers, Silver Medal, "Cheerleaders," Rolling Stone, 2000
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Group Exhibition,
"Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design, 2002
Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Best New Talent, 1999
Books
Close Up, teNeues Publishing Group, 2005
Martin Schoeller grew up in Germany and was deeply influenced by August Sander’s countless
portraits of the poor, the working class and the bourgeoise as well as by Bernd and Hilla Becher,
who spawned a school known as the Becher – Schuler. Martin worked as an assistant for Annie
Leibovitz from 1993 to 1996. He advanced as a freelance photographer producing portraits of people
he met on the street. The work gained recognition for its strong visual impact and, from 1998 on, his
work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe and W, among others.
Schoeller has been a contributing photographer for The New Yorker since 1999.