Holger Martin

I make photographs. My subject is the cultural context of landscape and architecture. I am particularly interested in the traces we humans leave in our environment. Those are created indirectly through our global influence and at the same time directly through the local design of our surroundings. Although there are rarely any people in my photographs, they are always part of what is depicted as invisible agents.

My works are created as project series on a specific theme. My thematic focus develops in the examination of a place, whether it is a landscape, an urban area or a building. For the project work I use an ethnographic approach focused on observation. Photographs are created in the repeated photographic examination of the physical place, whereby I draw on a view trained by my studies of architecture. With the parallel research of the background of the observed landscape I can give my projects the necessary context in accompanying texts.

The outcome is a series of reflective images that approach a certain aspect of a place. I work out the photographs in my studio and often superimpose several digital files in one photograph to maintain better control over the quality of the presentation. Making my own pigment prints is ...

PhD, University College London, UK (The Bartlett School of Architecture) – Mixed Reality Architecture, 2000 – 2007

Masters of Architecture, The University of Nottingham, UK – Architecture – On the Threshold between Space and Cyberspace, 1998 – 1999

Diploma in Architecture, The University of Nottingham, UK – Interface to Cyberspace: A Dwelling Place for Tele-workers, 1994 – 1998

Vordiplom Architektur, Fachhochschule Koblenz, DE, 1992 – 1994

Professional Development:

Seminar Project Development at the Gesellschaft für Humanistische Fotografie, Berlin, 2019

Seminar The Art Market in Berlin at the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler, Berlin, 2019

Portfolio Review at the Gesellschaft für Humanistische Fotografie, Berlin, 2019

Portrait Masterclass with Mirjana Vrbaški, Berlin, 2019

East meets West portfolio review, Birmingham, UK, 2016

Artist Surgery, Nottingham, UK, 2016

Magnum Photo Symposium, Birmingham, UK, 2014

Grain Portfolio Development Day at the Grain Photography Hub, Birmingham, UK. 2014

Format Portfolio Review, Derby, UK, 2014

Writing for Photographers at Redeye, Manchester, UK, 2014

Screens in the Wild: Urban Screens, which acted as Photobooths (Work at the Mixed Reality Lab, Notting...

Off-Centre Festival, 27 October 2019 – 27 November 2019, Nottingham, UK – Independent People

Harley Open 2017, 24 June 2017 - 20 August 2017, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Group Exhibition

East Meets West 2.0, 6 October 2016 – 6 January 2017, The Waterhall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Group Exhibition

East Meets West 2.0, 2 July 2016 - 4 Sept 2016, QUAD, Derby, UK - Group Exhibition

ShutterHub Open 2016, 24 Jun 2016 - 24 July 2016, Cambridge, UK - Group Exhibition

Nottingham Castle Open 2015, Sept 19 2015 - Nov 6 2015, Nottingham, UK - Group Exhibition

Durban-Corbiéres, French Living, December 1 2014 - September 31 2015, Nottingham, UK

Shutter Hub Place Exhibition 2014, Salt&Pegram, July 11 - September 4 2014, London, UK - Group Exhibition

Shutter Hub Open 2014, Wisbech & Fenland Museum, June 13 to July 12 2014, Wisbech, UK - Group Exhibition

Onward Compé 2014, Project Basho, March 1 - April 27 2014, Philadelphia, USA - Group Exhibition