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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Celebrity Photographer Turns His Lens on L.A.'s Homeless

    Martin Schoeller is a photographer best known for his celebrity portraits. His signature portraits are extreme closeups. He calls them hyper-detailed, and they reveal every hair and pore.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 7, 2016 • 1 min read

    Martin Schoeller is a photographer best known for his celebrity portraits. His signature portraits are extreme closeups. He calls them hyper-detailed, and they reveal every hair and pore. He’s taken lots of celebrities such as Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie and Robert DeNiro, and his work appears in glossy magazines including Vogue, Time and The New Yorker. His latest project, however, is different. He has been photographing homeless people in Los Angeles and posting the images to Instagram.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Martin Schoeller

      The New Yorker

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    El Niño Threatens Homeless, Hillary Grasps for Millennials, Rain Tips for L.A.
    1. 0:00L.A.'s Homeless Struggle With El Niño Storms
    2. 8:08Celebrity Photographer Turns His Lens on L.A.'s HomelessYou’re reading this
    3. 21:45The CES Lowdown
    4. 30:47Hillary and Millennials
    5. 45:33Rain Lessons for L.A.
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