LocationLes Menus, France, Metropolitan
Member SinceJuly 02, 2020
Martin H.M Schreiber
Martin HM Schreiber is a photographer of international acclaim currently based in France. Through his photography, especially his black and white nudes, he uses his vision and talent to create images that leave a lasting expression.
Schreiber strives to achieve perfect harmony in his compositions. For the artist, the nude figure allows hidden and subtle meanings to allude to the qualities and emotions encompassed within. He considers photography the perfect vehicle to capture moments, feelings, and even ideas frozen in time. His images preserve both the extraordinary and ordinary emotions and thoughts, creating a record on film.
Born in 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1952. Growing up in Manhattan, New York, he was a creative child and often nurtured his interest in art by visiting museums and art galleries. Eventually, as a teenager, he embraced his interest in photography when his father returned from a trip to Japan with a simple 35mm range finder camera, a Yashica Lynx 1000. From then on, his passion for photography grew as he began photographing everything, such as his father’s roses. He even submitted his work to his first photographic competition, where he won third place in the color category for the New York World-Telegram and Sun.
In 1965, he joined the United States Army and attended the Photo Lab School while enlisted. After being honorably discharged in 1968, he decided to make photography a full-time profession. Admitted with advanced placement, he went to the School of Visual Arts in New York for a semester before deciding to pursue his career independently. By 1969, he started his first job as a photographer, the official photographer for an archeological expedition. Schreiber struggled to establish his career from 1971 to 1976 until he was offered a position at the Parsons School of Design/The New School in New York City by Ben Fernandez, the then head of the photography department in 1977.
For almost seven years, he taught the course 'Photographing The Nude' at Parsons. Additionally, he taught a course on basic photography at The School of Visual Arts. In 1980, his first book BODYSCAPES captured a series of nudes set in the studio and out in nature. Two years later, in 1982, he published Cowboys, his renowned publication showcasing and documenting the annual life of an American cowboy. However, by 1989 he moved to Paris as his photographic career was at a standstill in the United States.
Schreiber has been creating nude photographs since the early 1970s. His artful approach embraces his love for the female figure and highlights the nude as a challenging yet fun subject. He finds all themes fascinating and likes to photograph everything and anything. He photographs and embraces models of both genders, sizes, and ages. His female nude photography often follows a sculptural style and enhances the curves and full-bodied allure of the female body, young or old.
His inspiration for a photograph comes from everything and everywhere. Schreiber embraces his everyday experiences and often lets sound, smell, and sight help dictate his ideas. Earlier in his career, his work found inspiration from modern artists such as Marc Chagall, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Joseph Cornell, and René Magritte. Furthermore, the styles of Impressionism and Cubism also influenced his artistic approach. As his practice developed, Schreiber found inspiration from the work of more contemporary photographers. Some of his influences include American landscape photographer Ansel Adams, mentor and American photojournalist Eugene Smith, American fashion and portrait photographers Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, American commercial photographer Hiro (Yasuhiro Wakabayashi), Czech photographer Josef Sudek, and groundbreaking Hungarian photographer André Kertész and English photographer Bill Brandt.
Schreiber’s photographs have been exhibited in over eighty solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries across Australia, France, Singapore, Russia, England, Turkey, Czech Republic, the United States, and Colombia. His artworks are part of both public and private collections across the globe, most notably the International Center of Photography, the New York Public Library, the Philip Morris American West Art Collection, Yale Beineke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and even the collections of his Royal Highness Prince Charles and former United States President Ronald Reagan.
His photographic works featured in twenty published books. Furthermore, his photographs have printed internationally in major newspapers and magazines such as Art in America, The New York Times Magazine, Time, and Vogue among many other magazines and newspapers worldwide. Most notably, his nude photographs of Madonna, some of his most notorious work, published in Playboy’s 1985 September issue.
Aside from nude photography, Schreiber does fashion, editorial, and reportage capturing daily life. He also creates sculpture and multimedia art pieces and constructions.
Schreiber strives to achieve perfect harmony in his compositions. For the artist, the nude figure allows hidden and subtle meanings to allude to the qualities and emotions encompassed within. He considers photography the perfect vehicle to capture moments, feelings, and even ideas frozen in time. His images preserve both the extraordinary and ordinary emotions and thoughts, creating a record on film.
Born in 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1952. Growing up in Manhattan, New York, he was a creative child and often nurtured his interest in art by visiting museums and art galleries. Eventually, as a teenager, he embraced his interest in photography when his father returned from a trip to Japan with a simple 35mm range finder camera, a Yashica Lynx 1000. From then on, his passion for photography grew as he began photographing everything, such as his father’s roses. He even submitted his work to his first photographic competition, where he won third place in the color category for the New York World-Telegram and Sun.
In 1965, he joined the United States Army and attended the Photo Lab School while enlisted. After being honorably discharged in 1968, he decided to make photography a full-time profession. Admitted with advanced placement, he went to the School of Visual Arts in New York for a semester before deciding to pursue his career independently. By 1969, he started his first job as a photographer, the official photographer for an archeological expedition. Schreiber struggled to establish his career from 1971 to 1976 until he was offered a position at the Parsons School of Design/The New School in New York City by Ben Fernandez, the then head of the photography department in 1977.
For almost seven years, he taught the course 'Photographing The Nude' at Parsons. Additionally, he taught a course on basic photography at The School of Visual Arts. In 1980, his first book BODYSCAPES captured a series of nudes set in the studio and out in nature. Two years later, in 1982, he published Cowboys, his renowned publication showcasing and documenting the annual life of an American cowboy. However, by 1989 he moved to Paris as his photographic career was at a standstill in the United States.
Schreiber has been creating nude photographs since the early 1970s. His artful approach embraces his love for the female figure and highlights the nude as a challenging yet fun subject. He finds all themes fascinating and likes to photograph everything and anything. He photographs and embraces models of both genders, sizes, and ages. His female nude photography often follows a sculptural style and enhances the curves and full-bodied allure of the female body, young or old.
His inspiration for a photograph comes from everything and everywhere. Schreiber embraces his everyday experiences and often lets sound, smell, and sight help dictate his ideas. Earlier in his career, his work found inspiration from modern artists such as Marc Chagall, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Joseph Cornell, and René Magritte. Furthermore, the styles of Impressionism and Cubism also influenced his artistic approach. As his practice developed, Schreiber found inspiration from the work of more contemporary photographers. Some of his influences include American landscape photographer Ansel Adams, mentor and American photojournalist Eugene Smith, American fashion and portrait photographers Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, American commercial photographer Hiro (Yasuhiro Wakabayashi), Czech photographer Josef Sudek, and groundbreaking Hungarian photographer André Kertész and English photographer Bill Brandt.
Schreiber’s photographs have been exhibited in over eighty solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries across Australia, France, Singapore, Russia, England, Turkey, Czech Republic, the United States, and Colombia. His artworks are part of both public and private collections across the globe, most notably the International Center of Photography, the New York Public Library, the Philip Morris American West Art Collection, Yale Beineke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and even the collections of his Royal Highness Prince Charles and former United States President Ronald Reagan.
His photographic works featured in twenty published books. Furthermore, his photographs have printed internationally in major newspapers and magazines such as Art in America, The New York Times Magazine, Time, and Vogue among many other magazines and newspapers worldwide. Most notably, his nude photographs of Madonna, some of his most notorious work, published in Playboy’s 1985 September issue.
Aside from nude photography, Schreiber does fashion, editorial, and reportage capturing daily life. He also creates sculpture and multimedia art pieces and constructions.
ONE MAN SHOWS
2016: Galerie Meyer, Paris
2015:
Daab Salon, Cologne
Alcazar, Paris
2013: Lumiere Brothers of Center for Photography, Moscow
2010: Ode to Art Gallery, Singapore
2009:
Houses of Art, Marbella, Spain
Solidni Nejistota, Prague, Czech Republic
Art District Gallery, Amsterdam
Impure Art, Brighton, England
Impure Art, London, England
Casa della Arte, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: Galerie 4, Cheb, Czech Republic
2007: Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
2005:
Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
Level 3 Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2004: Picto Montparnasse, Paris
2003: James Gallery, Moscow
2002:
Royal National Theatre, London
James Gallery, Moscow
Ministero de Gusto, Marakkech
1999:
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Ok., USA
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, USA
1993: Korun Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1990:
Portfolio Gallery, London
Agelii & Palmblad/Vanzaff, Goteborg, Sweden
Neikrug Gallery, New York City
1988:
Galeria Occidente Colombiano, Cali, Colombia
Galeria La Francia, Medelin, Colombia
Galeria El Museo, Bogota, Colombia
1984: Central Falls Gallery, New York City
1983:
Scurry County Museum, Snyder, Texas
Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, Oklahoma
Central Falls Gallery, New York City
Hardison Fine Arts, New York City
1982:
Gallery of Photographic Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
The Afterimage, Dallas, Texas
Amarillo Fine Arts Center Museum, Amarillo, Texas
1980:
Stanley & Schenk, Atlanta, Georgia
International Center of Photography, New York City
Secrets Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusettes
1979: L’Affiche Gallery, New York City
1978: Neill Gallery, New York City
GROUP SHOWS
2015: Galerie4, Cheb
2009:
Vigo Art Fair, Vigo, Spain
Maastricht Art Fair, Maastricht, Holland
APPPF, Alencon, France
Galerie La Femme, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Consulate Culturel Centre, Paris
2008:
Michele Mosko Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado, USA
Art Undressed, Miami, Florida, USA
The Dirty Show, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2007, 2006, 2005: Indépendants du Perche, Chateau de La Loupe
1993: Fototage, Frankfurt, GFR
1991:
Bilderlust, Leipzig Museum, GFR
Czech Photographers in Exile, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Bilderlust, Museum Ludwig, Koln, GFR
Galerie Cremniter-Laffanour, Paris
1990: Festival International de la Mode, juried show, Budapest, Hungary
1989:
New School/Parsons, New York City (faculty show)
Staley Wise, New York City
1988:
Frank Bernarducci Gallery, New York City (Aids Benefit)
The American Crafts Museum, New York City
1987:
Jayne Baum Gallery, New York City
Photography In The West, Rockwell Museum, Corning, New york
1985:
Albright Knox Museum, Rochester, New York
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Visual Arts Museum, New York City
The Provincetown Museum, Massachusettes
1984:
King Street Gallery, New York City
Silver image Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1983: Gallery 66, Easthampton, New York
1982:
Chinese Chance, New York City
Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Erickson Gallery, New York City
Staley Wise, New York City
1981:
Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
L’Affiche Gallery, New York City
1980:
Neikrug Gallery, New York City
Central Falls Gallery, New York City
The Provincetown Gallery, Massachusettes
1977: Rizzoli Gallery, New York City
1976: Images Gallery, New York City
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2015:
Madonna - Nudes II - Daab Publishing
Last of a Breed II - Verlag Kettler, GFR
Retrospections - Duncan Meeder, Lisse, Holland
2009: “Q”, Castor & Pollux, France
2005: Cooking At Home, On RueTatin - Morrow, New York
2002: Chef Daniel Boulud - Assouline, New York & Paris
2001:
Madonna Nude 1979 - Longwind Publishing, Florida
Last of a Breed - Longwind Publishing, Florida
1998: Cafés Des Artistes - Edition Plume, Paris
1993:
Amish Heartland - Parco Publishers, Japan Buckaroo - Callaway Editions, New York City
Alexandra S. - Fototage Editions, Frankfurt, GFR
1991:
Czech Photographers in Exile - Prague
Bilderlust - Edition Braus, Heidelberg, GFR
Way Out West - Treville Publishers, Japan
1990: Madonna Nude 1979 - Taschen Verlag, Koln, GFR
1988:
I, Madonna - Shueisha Publishing, Japan
Last Of A Breed - Bantam Books, New York (paperback)
1986: The Majestic World Of Arabian Horses - Abrams, New York City
1982:
Last Of A Breed - Texas Monthly Press, Texas
Last Of A Breed - Limited Edition (16x21 inches of 600 copies)
1980: Bodyscapes - Abbeville Press, New York City
PUBLICATIONS
American Photographers, American Way Art, Art In America, Brutus, Camera 35, Cooking Light, Departures, Details The Daily News, City, Elle, Figaro Madame, Gallery, Geo, interview, Life, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, The International Herald Tribune, Time, Oui, Playboy, Photo, Photo District News Photograpph, Popular Photography, Revue Fotographie, Saveur, Texas Monthly, Io Donna, Usair, Vogue, Vogue Bambini, Voyageur, Ya, Zoom etc....
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
HRH Princess Alia
HRH Prince Charles
HRH Prince Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
President Roland Reagan
Guy Barron
Malcolm Forbes
Marilyn Fishbach
Alexander Julian
Warren Edwards
Adrian Keller
Andre Kertesz
Stanley Marsh III
Jack Nicholson
Isamu Noguchi
Bozz Scaggs
Uwe Scheid Collection
Shannon Wynn
Virginia Zabriskie
Pierre Lescure
Don Sanders
PERSONAL
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia June 14, 1946
Immigrated to the USA in 1952
Honorably discharged from the USArmy in 1968
2016: Galerie Meyer, Paris
2015:
Daab Salon, Cologne
Alcazar, Paris
2013: Lumiere Brothers of Center for Photography, Moscow
2010: Ode to Art Gallery, Singapore
2009:
Houses of Art, Marbella, Spain
Solidni Nejistota, Prague, Czech Republic
Art District Gallery, Amsterdam
Impure Art, Brighton, England
Impure Art, London, England
Casa della Arte, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: Galerie 4, Cheb, Czech Republic
2007: Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
2005:
Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
Level 3 Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2004: Picto Montparnasse, Paris
2003: James Gallery, Moscow
2002:
Royal National Theatre, London
James Gallery, Moscow
Ministero de Gusto, Marakkech
1999:
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Ok., USA
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, USA
1993: Korun Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1990:
Portfolio Gallery, London
Agelii & Palmblad/Vanzaff, Goteborg, Sweden
Neikrug Gallery, New York City
1988:
Galeria Occidente Colombiano, Cali, Colombia
Galeria La Francia, Medelin, Colombia
Galeria El Museo, Bogota, Colombia
1984: Central Falls Gallery, New York City
1983:
Scurry County Museum, Snyder, Texas
Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, Oklahoma
Central Falls Gallery, New York City
Hardison Fine Arts, New York City
1982:
Gallery of Photographic Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
The Afterimage, Dallas, Texas
Amarillo Fine Arts Center Museum, Amarillo, Texas
1980:
Stanley & Schenk, Atlanta, Georgia
International Center of Photography, New York City
Secrets Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusettes
1979: L’Affiche Gallery, New York City
1978: Neill Gallery, New York City
GROUP SHOWS
2015: Galerie4, Cheb
2009:
Vigo Art Fair, Vigo, Spain
Maastricht Art Fair, Maastricht, Holland
APPPF, Alencon, France
Galerie La Femme, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Consulate Culturel Centre, Paris
2008:
Michele Mosko Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado, USA
Art Undressed, Miami, Florida, USA
The Dirty Show, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2007, 2006, 2005: Indépendants du Perche, Chateau de La Loupe
1993: Fototage, Frankfurt, GFR
1991:
Bilderlust, Leipzig Museum, GFR
Czech Photographers in Exile, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Bilderlust, Museum Ludwig, Koln, GFR
Galerie Cremniter-Laffanour, Paris
1990: Festival International de la Mode, juried show, Budapest, Hungary
1989:
New School/Parsons, New York City (faculty show)
Staley Wise, New York City
1988:
Frank Bernarducci Gallery, New York City (Aids Benefit)
The American Crafts Museum, New York City
1987:
Jayne Baum Gallery, New York City
Photography In The West, Rockwell Museum, Corning, New york
1985:
Albright Knox Museum, Rochester, New York
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Visual Arts Museum, New York City
The Provincetown Museum, Massachusettes
1984:
King Street Gallery, New York City
Silver image Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1983: Gallery 66, Easthampton, New York
1982:
Chinese Chance, New York City
Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Erickson Gallery, New York City
Staley Wise, New York City
1981:
Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
L’Affiche Gallery, New York City
1980:
Neikrug Gallery, New York City
Central Falls Gallery, New York City
The Provincetown Gallery, Massachusettes
1977: Rizzoli Gallery, New York City
1976: Images Gallery, New York City
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2015:
Madonna - Nudes II - Daab Publishing
Last of a Breed II - Verlag Kettler, GFR
Retrospections - Duncan Meeder, Lisse, Holland
2009: “Q”, Castor & Pollux, France
2005: Cooking At Home, On RueTatin - Morrow, New York
2002: Chef Daniel Boulud - Assouline, New York & Paris
2001:
Madonna Nude 1979 - Longwind Publishing, Florida
Last of a Breed - Longwind Publishing, Florida
1998: Cafés Des Artistes - Edition Plume, Paris
1993:
Amish Heartland - Parco Publishers, Japan Buckaroo - Callaway Editions, New York City
Alexandra S. - Fototage Editions, Frankfurt, GFR
1991:
Czech Photographers in Exile - Prague
Bilderlust - Edition Braus, Heidelberg, GFR
Way Out West - Treville Publishers, Japan
1990: Madonna Nude 1979 - Taschen Verlag, Koln, GFR
1988:
I, Madonna - Shueisha Publishing, Japan
Last Of A Breed - Bantam Books, New York (paperback)
1986: The Majestic World Of Arabian Horses - Abrams, New York City
1982:
Last Of A Breed - Texas Monthly Press, Texas
Last Of A Breed - Limited Edition (16x21 inches of 600 copies)
1980: Bodyscapes - Abbeville Press, New York City
PUBLICATIONS
American Photographers, American Way Art, Art In America, Brutus, Camera 35, Cooking Light, Departures, Details The Daily News, City, Elle, Figaro Madame, Gallery, Geo, interview, Life, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, The International Herald Tribune, Time, Oui, Playboy, Photo, Photo District News Photograpph, Popular Photography, Revue Fotographie, Saveur, Texas Monthly, Io Donna, Usair, Vogue, Vogue Bambini, Voyageur, Ya, Zoom etc....
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
HRH Princess Alia
HRH Prince Charles
HRH Prince Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
President Roland Reagan
Guy Barron
Malcolm Forbes
Marilyn Fishbach
Alexander Julian
Warren Edwards
Adrian Keller
Andre Kertesz
Stanley Marsh III
Jack Nicholson
Isamu Noguchi
Bozz Scaggs
Uwe Scheid Collection
Shannon Wynn
Virginia Zabriskie
Pierre Lescure
Don Sanders
PERSONAL
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia June 14, 1946
Immigrated to the USA in 1952
Honorably discharged from the USArmy in 1968
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