Running to Beijing and Brazil with Martin Schoeller

Reminds me of this picture, which I saw several months back, at “The Art of the American
Snapshot” at the National Gallery in DC.

photographer unknown, gelatin silver print, 1920s.

Seems like a little in-camera tomfoolery was all the rage back when you had no white balance to monkey with.

Speaking of monkeys, while trolling the New Yorker’s site for the picture of Hall, which resulted in FAIL, I did find an excellent slide show of Schoeller’s work with the Pirahã tribe in Northern Brazil.

Ingenious use of a puppy!

Here’s a shot of Schoeller at work by his assistant, Markian Lozowchuk.

See more of the work here.

Also, read about Schoeller’s rise in the biz in this excellent interview with Pop Photo. Before he famously assisted Annie Leibovitz, he was but a waiter. You can do it too!

UPDATE:

See Schoeller at work on his Body Builder series:

This video is broken down over at Strobist. Check it out.