Pat Martin (photographer)

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Pat Martin is an American photographer, based in Los Angeles. In 2019 he won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize for portraits of his mother. [1]

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Life and work

Martin grew up in Mar Vista near Venice Beach, West Los Angeles, California. [2]

His mother struggled with addiction throughout Martin's life. [3] Knowing that she did not have long to live, from 2016 to 2018 he used portraiture to reconnect with her [3] before her death. [4] That series, titled Goldie (Mother), [5] was described by Sean O'Hagan in The Observer as "searingly honest portraits that, even without the narrative behind them, have an emotional heft rare in contemporary photography." [2] Since 2016 Martin's photography has also been of other family members. [6]

Awards

Group exhibitions

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References

  1. ↑ "'Sensitive' mother pictures win top portrait prize". 5 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 O'Hagan, Sean (17 November 2019). "Photographer Pat Martin: 'Mom was not an easy subject'". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2019-12-07– via www.theguardian.com.
  3. 1 2 "Pat Martin wins Taylor Wessing prize for intimate portraits of his late mother". British Journal of Photography. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. ↑ Mack, Ben. "A 27-year-old photographer took pictures of his mother over the 3 years before she died, and it helped them become 'best friends'". Insider. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Taylor Wessing Prize winner Pat Martin used photography to reconnect with his "misunderstood" mother". It's Nice That. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Taking Family Photos Changed How This Photographer Views His Loved Ones' Addiction Struggles". Time. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  7. ↑ "Photographer creates family album he never had in Taylor Wessing Prize". Evening Standard. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  8. ↑ "Pat Martin's 'sensitive' photographs of his late mother win leading portrait prize". Creative Boom. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  9. ↑ "Pat Martin on his Taylor Wessing winning series, Goldie (Mother)". Creative Review. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  10. ↑ "Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother". The Irish News. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  11. ↑ "Son's pictures of his drug addict mother win £15,000 portrait prize". Metro. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
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