Martin Schoeller, who began his career in Germany, worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz from 1993-1996. He advanced as a freelance photographer producing portraits of people he met on the street and his work gained recognition for its strong visual impact.
 
Schoeller‘s book "Close up" was published in 2005 by teNeues. His portraits are exhibited and collected internationally, including several solo exhibitions In Europe and the US and the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.