Throughout my childhood I played in my family's photographic shop, founded by my grandfather who had been a street photographer in the 1940's. Here I learned the basics of camera and studio equipment, and the mysteries of the darkroom.
With the onset of teenage introspection, photography became a tool to understand myself and the city and society that I found myself in.
Now I use photography to capture the beauty I find, and the wonder I feel for the interplay of light, colour and form in the natural and manmade world.
My photographic output falls into three main areas: Travel Photography, Digital Art, and Portraits.
Jon Martin's photographic journey.