Yesterday, PetaPixel shared photographer Richard Prince’s composite portrat created by blending together 57 faces of girlfriends seen on Seinfeld. I also enjoy playing with the idea of image averaging, and can’t get enough of it. Late last year, I started experimenting with the idea of averaging faces by blending portraits.

I needed a set of faces that were all semi-similar enough to create good averages with. Well, if you haven’t seen the work of photographer Martin Schoeller, you are missing out! He has a series of close-ups that are shot with very similar lighting styles and compositions of famous (and not-so-famous) people. It’s simply mesmerizing to see. I grabbed the shots above to try face averaging out with.
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Photographer Martin Schoeller recently photographed American swimmer Ryan Lochte for the July 30th issue of TIME magazine. The behind-the-scenes video above offers an interesting glimpse into how the images were made.
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Photographer Martin Schoeller traveled to the annual “Twins Days Festival” in Twinsburg, Ohio to photograph pairs of identical twins in his trademark close-up style.
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Here’s an interesting behind-the-scenes video showing photographer Martin Schoeller shooting portraits for Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth.

(via A Photo Editor)