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Technical improvements to the daguerreotype in the early 1840s took the world by storm as portrait galleries opened everywhere to meet demand. Martin Schoeller’s new book, Portraits, a 15-year retrospective of his modern portrait photography, is further evidence of the long-lasting power of the photographic portrait that began 175 years ago. I caught up with […]

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Martin Schoeller is a German born, New York based photographer. His mainly known for his up close and personal portraits of notable faces amongst vary areas of media and sports. His exhibition "Close Up", which highlights this style of work was showcased down at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra for a couple of months. Here is his artist statement: "They inspired me to take a series of pictures, to build a platform that allows you to compare. The pictures in my Close Up series have…

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CONTEMPORARY100 on Instagram: "‘Close Up’ (1998 onwards) by Martin Schoeller @martinschoeller “Like most portrait photographers, I aim to record the instant the subject is not thinking about being photographed, striving to get beyond the practiced facial performance, reaching for something unplanned. While trying to be as objective as possible, I acknowledge that every gesture is still an act of artifice. Familiar faces are treated with the same levels of scrutiny as the un-famous. The…

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