Simon Martin
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Simon Martin

Freelance PhotographerGravesend, United Kingdom
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Simon Martin

Freelance PhotographerGravesend, United Kingdom
About me
Freelance Portrait and Social Documentary Photographer based in the South East of England. Pursuing editiorial commissions and personal projects based around the concept of home the identity of British culture in the world.
Projects
  • Knitwear Shoot
    Knitwear ShootA womens wear knitwear shoot shot on along the thames near my studio in Gravesend.
  • Low Sun
    Low SunFashion series shot for Something About Magazine.
  • Mini Golf
    Mini GolfMini Golf is a photographic document of the competitive world of crazy, adventure and miniature golf. Many people have a balance in their life between their passion and their work. Mini Golf may not be understood as a competitive sport by the world but what follows is a sport without greed, celebrities or money, a sport that exists through the basic love for competition.
  • Bearing Fruit
    Bearing FruitBearing fruit looks at Sittingbourne, a small town in the South East of England. A former industrial hub, now a commuter town with a familiar storie as many other small English town's. With development plans forever being presented to the local council its future is one with great hope and sorrow for the residnets, as the land is divided up and sold to housing developments and supermarkets its growth is inevitable and, in many respects, greatly anticipated by its residents. What is qurstioned is
  • Cadets
    CadetsBeing a teenager is a daunting experience, we may see it as trivial now, but it can play a huge part in the person we become. With the British education system continually having its funds cut and the price of University increasing I wanted to look at other sources of education and influence for 13 - 18 year olds.The Royal Marine Cadets is an after school program that uses the ethos of the Royal Marines to train young adults to complete various tasks. As much as the activities are mainly militar
  • Clouds and Curtains
    Clouds and CurtainsFashion series shot for Hunger TV.
Projects credited in
  • Make your StemDrop with Samsung Galaxy
    Make your StemDrop with Samsung GalaxyLSB STUDIOS ltd teamed up with the video content powerhouse Sliced Studios � for the STEMDROP_ campaign for two of the biggest names in tech- Samsung Electronics and TikTok |
  • PUMA RS-0 Mens
    PUMA RS-0 MensUK Campaign for Puma X JD RS-0 Spring Release
Work history
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    E-commerce PhotographerTOPSHOP TOPMAN
    2 Dunston St, London E8 4EB, UKFreelance
    Creating imagery for the online sale of clothing.
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    Creative Social Media ImageryJosh Wood Hair
    Lansdowne Mews, London W11, UKFreelance
    Creating consistent and refreshed imagery for online creative social media.
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Skills
  • Advertising
  • Events
  • Visual Arts
  • Art Direction
  • Fine Art
  • Digital Artist
  • Creative Direction
  • Excel
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Indesign
  • Office
  • Photoshop
  • Powerpoint
  • Word
  • Art Education
  • Capture One Pro
  • Capture 1
  • Capture One
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Hand Printmaking
  • Digital Printing
  • Photography
  • Landscape
Education
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    BA PhotographyMiddlesex University
     - London NW4 4BS, UK
    1st in BA Photography
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    Lens Based MediaUCA
     - Canterbury, United Kingdom
    Distinction in Lens Based Media
Awards
    Studio 1854 – British Journal of Photography logo
    Studio 1854 – British Journal of Photography logo
    BJP Portrait of BritainStudio 1854 – British Journal of Photography
    Two images were featured from my series 'Bearing Fruit' and 'Cadets' and were subsequently exhibited around the UK on billboards along with 100 other photographers work.
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    Sony World Photography AwardsSony World Photography Awards
    An image from the series 'Mini Golf' was shortlisted for the Architecture award.
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