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Martin Schoeller: Close Hardcover – September 25, 2018

by Martin Schoeller (Photographer)
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An informal anthropological study of the faces of our time

Close presents 120 portraits of the world's most famous and influential people across the arts and entertainment industries, politics, business and sport―from Julia Roberts and Adele, to Frank Gehry and Marina Abramovic, Barack Obama, Julian Assange and Roger Federer. Between 2005 and 2018 Martin Schoeller (born 1968) photographed his subjects, in his words "to create a level platform, where a viewer's existing notions of celebrity, values and honesty are challenged." Schoeller realized this goal by subjecting his sitters to equal technical treatment: each portrait is a close-up of a face with the same camera angle and lighting. The expressions are consistently neutral, serious yet relaxed, in an attempt to tease out his subjects' differences and capture moments "that felt intimate, unposed." Schoeller's inspiration for Close was the water-tower series of Bernd and Hilla Becher, his ambition to adapt their systematic approach to portraiture. Amid Schoeller's famous subjects are also some unknown and unfamiliar ones, a means to comprehensively make his project an "informal anthropological study of the faces of our time."

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  1. Print length
    136 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Steidl
  4. Publication date
    September 25, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    11.2 x 0.9 x 14 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9783958294912
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3958294912
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 395829491X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steidl (September 25, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9783958294912
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3958294912
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.2 x 0.9 x 14 inches

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Martin Schoeller

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Born in Munich, Germany, in 1968, Martin Schoeller has become one of today's most prolific and well-known photographers. Based in New York City, Schoeller's many editorial, commercial and personal projects have yielded masterful images, widely recognized for their infamous subjects and iconic power.

Schoeller became a staff photographer for The New Yorker in 1999, joining the famed Richard Avedon. His work has also appeared in many additional magazines, including Vogue, TIME, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, GQ, and Vanity Fair, and has received awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors, Communication Arts, and the Society of Publication Designers, among other honors.

Schoeller's five books showcase a great range of the photographer's work, from a study of female bodybuilders to a compilation of Schoeller's signature "Close Up" portraits of celebrities, politicians, and unknowns. His most recent title, Portraits, is an unprecedented gathering of editorial images where the illustrious photographer's full range of expression is on display. With an impressive amount of variety and scale, Schoeller shares his signature compositional imagination alongside the wry wit that animates his work. Whether portraits of political leaders, Hollywood stars, business entrepreneurs, or contemporary music royalty, these images are as daring as they are exacting, playful and precise.

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  • NORMAND
    3.0 out of 5 stars Mauvais emballage, livre écorné !…
    Reviewed in France on September 6, 2023
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    Étant photographe portraitiste moi même, j’ai tout d’abord été séduit par la démarche technique de portraits Close up à la chambre 8x10.
    J’ai donc commandé l’ouvrage de Martin Schoeller.
    Que j’ai reçu.
    L’objet de grand format 29x36 est impressionnant et bénéficie d’un beau travail d’autres imprimerie.
    Quelques pages de commentaires de l’auteur nous présente l’idée de base, à savoir considérer ces visages comme des objets, et c’est là que le malaise s’installe. Outre la performance technique incontestable transparaît un manque total d’humanité revendiquée par Schoeller.
    Personnellement je ne peux pas souscrire à ce projet
    Et à ces images qui me sont difficiles à regarder .
    Je vais donc retourner l’ouvrage.
    Alain Moreau
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    NORMAND
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Mauvais emballage, livre écorné !…

    Reviewed in France on September 6, 2023
    Étant photographe portraitiste moi même, j’ai tout d’abord été séduit par la démarche technique de portraits Close up à la chambre 8x10.
    J’ai donc commandé l’ouvrage de Martin Schoeller.
    Que j’ai reçu.
    L’objet de grand format 29x36 est impressionnant et bénéficie d’un beau travail d’autres imprimerie.
    Quelques pages de commentaires de l’auteur nous présente l’idée de base, à savoir considérer ces visages comme des objets, et c’est là que le malaise s’installe. Outre la performance technique incontestable transparaît un manque total d’humanité revendiquée par Schoeller.
    Personnellement je ne peux pas souscrire à ce projet
    Et à ces images qui me sont difficiles à regarder .
    Je vais donc retourner l’ouvrage.
    Alain Moreau
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  • Bruhnwilde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Faszinierend.
    Reviewed in Germany on September 29, 2020
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    Tolle Fotos.
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  • Sean Charles Howell
    3.0 out of 5 stars Great Photos but Old Photos
    Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2018
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    I like the details in the photos. I disliked that they were really old photos. I will use this book as a reference for my portrait artwork.
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  • daron D'Souza
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2019
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  • Fran Ocaña
    5.0 out of 5 stars Soy fotógrafo y es uno de mis mejores libros
    Reviewed in Spain on April 2, 2019
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    De lo mejor que puedes ver en retratos hoy en día, una impresión realizada en Alemania con una calidad difícil de ver en libros de este rango de precios ( sobre 60€) descubres personajes diferentes en cada una de sus fotos aunque ya fuesen personajes conocidos.
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