Photography was something Martin did not choose . . . but rather it chose him. He was hooked from the moment he first pealed the pages of Life Magazine all those many years ago. Viewing the world through the eyes of such giants as W. Eugene Smith, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lang and so many others became his epiphany. Those publications became Martin's window into the landscape of the human condition.
Martin began his formal training in the late 1960's attending the Army School of Photography at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. He later studied Fine Art at Montana State and later made his way to Colorado were he found work as a graphic artist working for a number of not for profit organizations.
Although retired Martin still keeps a hand in the game exhibiting his work in a number of galleries and shows throughout the Southwest.
'Although my work is primarily intuitive a good deal of deliberation goes into my subjects.
I try and convey a subtle visual tension in the images I create. I feel that
my work becomes real to the viewer
when it evokes an emotion that reaches beyond the visual'.
It is the economy of subject that is the most universally understood.
Walter Martin joined Pixels.com Licensing on September 2nd, 2016.
