Martin Häusler

Martin Häusler (born January 24, 1971, in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German portrait photographer, music video director and art director. 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 Rolling Stones., Backstreet Boys, and NSYNC.

From 2000, Häusler extended his creative spectrum and began working as a director of music videos for artists including Tito & Tarantula, Helloween, Krokus, Gotthard and Sweetbox. He also made music documentaries for the US actress and pop singer Hilary Duff, 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 Meat Loaf, as the photographer on his 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear , Brian May of Queen and Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead. Other notable shoots have been with Britney Spears, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Bon Jovi, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Nikka Costa, Alex (Max) Band, Eva Simons, R5, Hollywood actors Terry Crews and Danny Trejo and Slayer.

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 Photokina in September 2014 and September 2016 and as a guest on various television shows in his native Germany.

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 Mr Lordi and Brian May of Queen. At the opening night of the exhibition, Häusler was joined by Bobby Kimball, 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 Terry Crews, Meat Loaf, R5, Motörhead 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".

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 Scorpions 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 Peter Maffay and the „Live 2019/2020" and "2022 Udopium Live Tour" by Udo Lindenberg.

Exhibitions 2011 – Berlin: 3D Lifesize Photography, Berlin Fashion Week 2011 – San Francisco: 3D-Works, 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