‘Close Up’ (ongoing) by 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 practiced facial performance, reaching for something unplanned. While trying to be as objective as possible, I acknowledge that every gesture is still an act of artifice. Familiar faces are treated with the same levels of scrutiny as the un-famous. The unknown and the too-well-known meet on a level platform that enables comparison, where a viewer's existing notions of celebrity, value, and honesty are challenged." - Martin Schoeller #contemporaryculture #artvideo #artdocumentary #viralvideo #explorepage #art #fyp #contemporaryartwork #photography #portrait