In his portrait series of gold-medal hopefuls for TIME’s 2012 Olympics special issue, Martin Schoeller shows three U.S. team members—gymnast Gabby Douglas, runner Lolo Jones and swimmer Ryan ...

Martin Schoeller's 2010 portrait of P. Diddy was all about the star's vanity. "He’s surrounded by naked women, and he’s just painting himself. We’re making a little fun of him," Schoeller ...

For the past three months, photographer Martin Schoeller—known for his tight portraits of President Barack Obama, Jay-Z, and anyone else you’ve heard of—has been posting pictures of homeless ...

Martin Schoeller is perhaps best known for his celebrity portraiture—beautiful, tight portraits of well-known figures from Paris Hilton to Bill Clinton, images that provide intimate views of ...

Admired for his close-up head shots of celebrities and influential leaders that sparked a different take on portrait photography since the late 1990s, Martin Schoeller also photographs lesser ...

Here, Martin Schoeller talks TIME through a selection of high profile shoots from his new book "Portraits". Tony Hawk. "It was a crazy day. I had another shoot the night before and I had to drive ...

See more of Martin Schoeller’s portraits in his new book, Portraits, which is out now. Schoeller’s work will be on exhibit in New York City from November 13, 2014-January 3, 2015 and in Berlin ...

Martin Schoeller has shot close-up portraits of presidents, movie stars, and billionaire entrepreneurs. For the past six months, his subjects have had a lower profile but are no less compelling ...

Portraits of Holocaust survivors, shot by Martin Schoeller for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland.

Go behind the scenes of photographer Martin Schoeller's portrait shoot of this remarkable dog of war. Layka, a Belgian Malinois who served with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

At the Boca Raton Museum of Art, entering the small alcove devoted to “Martin Schoeller: Close Up” can, at once, be an unsettling experience. With near-microscopic detail, five-foot-tal… ...

The subjects on this week’s TIME cover aren’t models in pose. Jamie Lynne Grumet, photographed by Martin Schoeller with her 3-year-old son, is a mother ...