Jason Schmidt (b. 1969, New York, US) received a Bachelor of Arts in art history from Columbia University, New York, US (1992). Schmidt is a photographer and director who specialises in portraits of artists and cultural figures, as well as architecture and interiors.
Schmidt has photographed over 600 contemporary fine artists since 2000. His first book, Artists, was published in 2007, and Artists II (Steidl), his second book on the subject, was published in the fall of 2015. This body of work has been exhibited at Deitch Projects, New York and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His work is included in the Margulies Collection in Miami, US.
In 2013, Schmidt was commissioned by the Hammer Museum to document the architecture of A. Quincy Jones for an exhibition and catalogue.
