Posts Tagged ‘Martin Schoeller’

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Martin Schoeller Photographs Homeless Kids at Covenant House New York City

December 13, 2008

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Martin Scholler is on a quest to photograph dozens of homeless teens for th do1thing project. His portraits offer a study of characters rather than personalities w

hile seeking to answer the basic question, what can you read in someone’s face?

Every week, Schoeller is called upon to capture portraits of the most recognized personalities of our time, from Britney Spears to President Bill Clinton. This German-born photographer spent the last seven years collecting this series of portraits, otherwise known as his “Big Heads.”

A few early portraits from the NYC Covenant House shoot.

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Martin Schoeller did his 1 THING at Covenant House NYC

November 15, 2008

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Every week, Schoeller is called upon to capture portraits of the most recognized personalities of our time, from Jack Nicholson, to President elect Barack Obama and now volunteering his time to raise awareness and photograph homeless teenagers for the Do 1 Thing project.

Thanks Martin! View his collection of “Big Heads” on display at MediaStorm.

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Photographer Invitations – Do 1 Thing Project

October 25, 2008

Invitations to photographers to join the Do 1 Thing project has started to go out and the responses are great.

World renowned photographers are joining out team to photograph homeless teenagers so far they include:

Marc Asnin

Erica Berger

Nina Berman

Ken Cedeno

Deanne Fitzmaurice *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Preston Gannaway *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Bud Glick

Lori Grinker

Ron Haviv

Chris Hondros

Ed Kashi

David Hume Kennerly *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Len Irish

Kim Kulish

Erika Larsen

David Leeson *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Greg Miller

Mark Peterson

Matt Rainey *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Martin Schoeller

Steve Starr *Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer

Ann States

Les Stone