About
Bruce T. Martin is an American Fine Art photographer who uses photography to document the world, explore perceptions, and question our viewpoints. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1977, he began working as a Historical Preservation photographer, using photography to help put endangered buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. His photographs are in a number of private and public collections and have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and Central America. Today, along with exhibiting his fine art photography projects, he is a leading architectural photographer, making photographs for the nation's foremost architects, designers, and publications.
His book, Look Close See Far, A Cultural Portrait Of The Maya, published by George Braziller, Inc., NYC, is a collection of images and ideas gathered while traveling throughout the Maya region of Central America. Since 1987, he has taken more than 10,000 photographs over a range of landscapes and attitudes in an attempt to make a distinctive portrait of this singular culture. These revealing images are of the Maya Indians and region of Central America, an area both beautiful and complex in its nature. It is a place where the delicate balance between society and the environment dominates life and challenges one's view of reality. Look Close See Far, A Cultural Portrait Of The Maya blends a unique mosaic of visual details to create a fresh perspective on the Maya's endangered worldview and disappearing legacy.
As a Boston Architectural Photographer, he has experience in all phases of this specialty. Using this knowledge and imagination, his goal is to create compelling photographs that communicate your objectives. The following is a very abbreviated list of some of the firms and magazines he has had worked with in the last few years: ADD Inc, Ann Beha Architects, Architerra, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Arrowstreet, Cambridge Seven Associates, CBT Architects, Charles Rose Architects, Donham & Sweeney, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Elkus Manfredi Architects, Finegold, Alexander & Associates, Gund Partnership, Hacin + Associates, Handel Architects, I.D. Magazine, Jacobs, KlingStubbins, Kennedy & Violich Architecture+, Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Metropolis Magazine, New York Times, Pen Magazine, Prellwitz/Chilinski Associates, Schwartz/Silver Architects, Shepley Bulfinch, Solomon+Bauer Architects, Steffian Bradley Architects, TRO/Jung Brannen, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, William Rawn Associates and Wallpaper Magazine.
For assignments, he uses High Resolution Digital Camera systems for the maximum image fidelity possible, complete perspective control movements and the highest quality lenses available. These systems rival 4x5 film in quality while more cost efficient and allowing for greater modification in post-production. In addition, he has an extensive strobe and tungsten lighting setups to supplement available lighting and create the proper mood required to tell your story. More important, he has over 30 years of experience to determine when to use what lighting and styling approach to the get the maximum results in the most efficient manner.
His studio and staff provide clients with the convenience and dependability of a full service facility complete with both traditional and digital capabilities.
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Boston Architectural Photographer and Fine Art Photography
