A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction…

- Martin Schoeller

I think all photographs lie. They capture such a small amount of a person's personality, if they capture anything.

- Martin Schoeller

Like most portrait photographers, I aim to record the instant the subject is not thinking about being photographed, striving to get beyond the practi…

- Martin Schoeller