Martin Häusler (born January 24, 1971, in

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, Germany) is a German portrait photographer,

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and

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. In the United States, and other English speaking countries, he uses the adjusted spelling of his name Martin Hausler for his published works.

Career

Häusler began his creative career in the 1990s as a designer and art director, producing books and calendars for international music acts including the

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, and

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. From 2000, Häusler extended his creative spectrum and began working as a director of music videos for artists including Tito & Tarantula,

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, Krokus, Gotthard and

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. He also made music documentaries for the US actress and pop singer

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, working closely with her in the following years and designing the artwork for several of her CD covers Häusler expanded his creative outlets again in 2004, making his mark as a photographer and becoming known for his charismatic portraits, with photo shoots featuring rock legends including

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, as the photographer on his 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear ,

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and

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. Other notable shoots have been with

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, Jessica Sutta of the

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, Alex (Max) Band,

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, R5, Hollywood actors

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and

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. Häusler's portrait photography has also seen him featured on the cover of both Pro Photo West and Photo Professional magazines respectively, as a featured speaker at

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in September 2014 and September 2016 and as a guest on various television shows in his native Germany. Häusler has also garnered a positive reputation internationally for his developments in the area of 3D photography. In June 2011, Häusler worked with

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magazine and presented a 3D exhibition at the opening of the

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with a process he developed utilising a 3D

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system, where models photographed in 3D could subsequently be viewed lifesize without 3D glasses. He has lectured with

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Inc. for their developers at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design and has featured in publications including Page and Photographie. Adobe displayed his 3D work at their 2011 'Photoshop And You' event in San Francisco. In Spring 2014, Häusler held his first solo photography exhibition, in his hometown of Heidelberg, Germany. It showcased a mixture of his previous photographic work plus portraits of German artists, Eurovision Song Contest winner

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and

. At the opening night of the exhibition, Häusler was joined by

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, six-time Grammy winner and lead singer of the band Toto, amongst others. In December 2014, the Substrate Fine Art Gallery in Los Angeles staged the exhibition L.A. ICONIC'S, which showcased Häusler's photographs with predominantly US artists from recent years. Entertainers including

, R5,

and Jessica Sutta supported Häusler in this project. In September and October 2016 Häusler did showcase his music photography in London at the Sanctum Soho Hotel at his exhibition titled "The Martin Häusler Sanctum Soho Photography Takeover". In May 2018 Häusler presented the exhibition project ''Cuban Beauty'' and did published a coffee table photography book with the same title. The series of photographs is the first exhibition project where Häusler is not showcasing celebrities but decided to present young and emerging models from the island of Cuba with his edgy style of photography, photographed on various locations in Cuba. Häusler appeared in multiple episodes of the OWN TV show Livin' Lozada, which first aired in the United States in July 2015. He featured as the photographer on photoshoots for both Evelyn Lozada and her daughter Shaniece Hairston, which took place in Los Angeles. Additional to his work as a still photographer Häusler is also taking video and creative direction roles for various entertainment projects. In spring 2017 he did create the show visuals for the "Crazy World Tour" of the rockband

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and directed the show visuals and videoclips for several other arena shows such as for the "Peter Maffay MTV Unplugged Tour 2018" in Germany of

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and the „Live 2019/2020" and "2022 Udopium Live Tour" by

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Exhibitions

* 2011 – Berlin: 3''D Lifesize Photography'', Berlin Fashion Week * 2011 – San Francisco: ''3D-Work''s, Photoshop And You * 2014 – Heidelberg: ''Martin Häusler Fotografien'', Alte Weinfabrik * 2014 – Los Angeles: ''L.A. ICONIC'S'', Substrate Fine Art Gallery * 2015 – Stuttgart: ''I'M A ROCKER'', Rock Star Photo Gallery * 2016 – London: ''The Martin Häusler Sanctum Soho Photography Takeover'' *2018 - Heidelberg: ''CUBAN BEAUTY,'' Altes Hallenbad, Heidelberg

Photography books

* 2018 - ''Cuban Beauty'',
Listed in the German National Library

References

External links

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Martin Häusler
Official Facebook Page
Martin Häusler
Artist Credits, allmusic.com, 2000–2015 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hausler, Martin 1971 births Living people Mass media people from Heidelberg Photographers from Baden-Württemberg German art directors German music video directors German portrait photographers