Piece description from the artist
I took this image of some travelers at BWI Airport on our way to France in 2022. Like many of my images, it was taken using 35mm b&w film that I processed by hand. This photo in particular was taken with a very unique German Leica camera built in 1930. Viewers can see a little cutaway in the natural film border on the top center of the image that is an identifying "fingerprint" of this specific camera. I am always inspired by all the glass and steel at BWI Airport and liked how the figures here interacted with the architectural math of the terminal.
Johnny Martyr is an East Coast documentary photographer who handcrafts, black & white lifestyle images. Martyr's photography can be found in periodicals such as Marie Claire, Huffington Post, & Buzzfeed; on the gallery walls of ArtistAngle & The Delaplaine; as well as the social media of Kodak Professional. He graduated Villa Julie College with a BS in Film, Video & Theatre in 2003 & was a wedding photographer at Bradley Images from 2001 to 2004. Martyr took production stills & covered news events for Erickson Living from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he teamed up with Stephanie Lee to form Martyr & Lee Photography. He has been a freelance author for Petapixel since 2018. Martyr has photographed politicians including Bill & Hillary Clinton; musicians Veruca Salt & comedian Nikki Glaser. When he’s not shooting, Johnny Martyr collects Night of the Living Dead trading cards & enjoys drinking absinthe while listening to 80's & 90's brit pop.
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