ABOUT JOHN MARTIN
UK Film Photographer

BIOGRAPHY
I am a keen landscape photographer and based in West Wales in the UK. I have been interested in landscape photography for 20 years and learn something new every day. I have become seriously interested in going my own way, showing you what I respond to and how I see things .
I use a variety of cameras but revel in Large Format Cameras and own 2 beautiful John Nesbitt built field cameras. My intention is to talk about the things that make me set the cameras up and take time to make the best negative I can. In 2026 I set about capturing the world I see with a 10x8 wooden field camera predominantly, but like the process in the field, it is slow. I need to live with an image for a while and quietly make it into the vision I experienced. This also takes time and my goal is not to present work until it is ready to be seen and speaks for me.
I am working on 1 major theme called "Ordinary places", although it has a number of sub themes running through it that will become clear with time. In essence, the things that stop me and compel me to photograph in ordinary places. I don't look for the big vista or the dramatic as such, but sometimes they find me. I hope you will enjoy the work and feel free to send me a message via the contacts page, or sign up for blog updates here.
i have much experience with field cameras and their foibles, and also development and scanning of my work is also done by me personally. I strive for the best print I can from the scanned negative, and my feeling is these should be seen big, so it is not uncommon for my working file to be 60 x 48 inches when printed.
If you are interested in any of my work or just want to chat about large format film photography, then drop me a line at the link above.
Most of all I hope you enjoy looking at the images presented here and will come back and see more as I produce them.
Thank You
Proudly a member of Nature First. Supporting responsible and careful use of the natural envoronment.
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2010
Travel Photography Masterclass Feature
ISBN - 978 1 902538 59 4
2021
Black Box Gallery 2021 Black and White Photography Exhibition, Portland, Oregon
2021
Featured in "Right to Roam" publication from Inside the Outside

