Matt Martin shoots for PulpPress Publications
March 23, 2011
Back in October of last year we put on the first solo exhibition of Matt Martin, a young photographer who came to the attention of Kevin when some of his own work was featured on Matt’s curated blog We Are Lucky.
You can read about the exhibition here, which proved so popular that we had to extend its run, and we are pleased to say it then got picked up and shown in London by another gallery The Other Space in Camberwell. You may have also been lucky enough to hear him talk about his work at the Miniclick event organised by photographer and keen supporter of new work, Jim Stephenson.
One of the people who attended the exhibition whilst it was at Garage was PulpPress founder and author Danny Hogan. We had been lined up to shoot the cover of his next publication, and we had already shot the authors promo images, but on seeing Matt Martin’s work Mr Hogan dropped us like a hot potato and asked us to arrange a meeting with Matt. We couldn’t have been more pleased, to get a great reaction from other photographers for a show is one thing, and the general public also really seemed to love the work, but getting a commission for the photographer is more than we had expected. Danny was attracted to Matt’s very raw style, his enthusiasm for everything he shoots and the very clear punk ethos that comes through in all his work. So we lost the work, but we helped a photographer we love get his first book cover, stoked is the word.
Straight talking Danny had this to say….“I guarantee that anyone spending a few minutes in Matt Martin’s company will be impressed with his energy, tenacity and good manners. Anyone beholding his work will recognise that this lad’s eye for creativity and sheer talent elevates photography. We instantly realise that he his not just some mug with a haircut pushing a button on a machine in order to feed his dark hunger for underfed girls.”
Matt shot the images below on location in Brighton on his Contax T2, Fuji Reala 100 on a typically quick shoot, with model Alex Hughes, Hair and MakeUp by Romaine Bowman with Danny providing Art Direction based on the character he penned.
The book, Jailbait Justice: The Girl With The Big Iron On Her Hip is out now and you can buy it here from Amazon, and don’t forget to check out Matts current work, a lot of which is shot in Brighton.
We are always interested in promoting and helping other photographers, whether its through internships, hosting talks or exhibitions or trying to put clients in touch with the photographer most suited to their brief so if you have some great work send us a link to the usual and we will take a look.
Thanks for reading, from the haircut crew…. now go check their work…
Great cover!