New York-based photographer Martin Schoeller took portraits of twins, triplets, and quadruplets of all ages side-by-side with matching expressions for his latest book ‘Identical: Portraits Of Twins’. He selected identical siblings from the crowd at the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Schoeller began photographing twins when he was commissioned for National Geographic. He is also best known for his up-close-and-personal portraits featuring a similar backdrop and lighting.
He has photographed dozens of A-list celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Jay Z, Russell Brand, and Robert De Niro.
Find out more about the artist by watching the video below.
I was once a professional photographer and I am an identical twin and I have a question. Did you perhaps record which twin is oldest in these shots? I have a theory based on something I noticed over the years as an artist and photography. I believe I can tell which twin is the oldest by face shape alone…and no, I am not a phrenologist 🙂 If you have the information I can pass along my “guesses” as to which is the oldest in the pairs. No idea how this works with supertwins (quads, triplets etc.)
Its a gift.. I often can identify the origin of any person I meet, and that goes for both male and female.
I would really like to know your theory on how you determine the age between the two.
Actually it is rather simple but sometime it is obvious and sometimes it is subtle. I started noticing first that with every pair of twins I met one had a round face and the other had a slightly more elongated face. Assuming they are of fairly close weight. If not look back at pics when they were younger. Then I asked THAT question: Who is the oldest. After a while I noticed that the oldest seemed to be the one with the more rounded face. I have met a lot of twins but I would like to see my theory tested with a much larger sampling.