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Johnny Martyr

Middletown, MD

About Johnny Martyr

Middletown, MD

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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Other works by Johnny Martyr


Selected Exhibitions

  • Rainbow Ridge Studio
    Fort Washington MD, 2020
  • The Delaplaine Arts Center
    Frederick MD, 2018
  • Artist Angle
    Frederick MD, 2018
  • Frederick Community College
    Frederick MD, 2017
  • Cafe Nola
    Frederick MD, 2015
  • Artist Angle
    Frederick MD, 2014
  • Gallery 61
    Buffalo NY, 2008
  • Balance
    Baltimore MD, 2007
  • St Paul Pavilion
    Stevenson MD, 2006
  • Villa Julie College Gallery
    Stevenson MD, 2005

Press and Accolades

  • Sunny 16 Podcast | Music and Photography #35 Johnny Martyr
    Aug 8, 2023
  • Analog Forever Magazine | Visual Audio
    June 2019
  • Petapixel | Shooting Weddings on ISO 3200 Film, Full Manual, and No Flash
    May 6, 2019
  • SLR Lounge | Film Wedding Photographers You Should Follow!
    May 28, 2019
  • FOQUS | Johnny Martyr: Another Kind of Wedding Photographer
    Jan 25, 2019
  • JazJaz.net | Can Photographing Beautiful Women Be Like Going to War? The B&W Photography of Johnny Martyr
    2016
  • Spreadophilia Issue #19 | Johnny Martyr: Shoot to Kiss
    July 2016
  • 121 Clicks | Best Photographs of the Week
    April 24, 2016
  • Lomography | 5 Ways to Change the Mood of Your Portraits
    Sept 30, 2015
  • Frederick News Post | First show by the Mid-Atlantic Analog Photographers
    Sept 4, 2014
  • Lomography | Young Masters #09
    2012

Education

  • Villa Julie College, BS in Film, Video & Theatre
    Stevenson MD ,2002 
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