Edwin martinez biography

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Interview with Edwin Martinez

Edwin Martinez is a landscape photographer whose very essence is synonymous with the pursuit of light. This Canon Ambassador and intrepid traveller has captured iconic moments in the cold temperatures of Banff National Park in Canada, the rugged coastline of California as well as the stunning coast of his home country in the Philippines.

With a passion for education, Edwin conducts landscape photography workshops throughout the world, utilising his unique flair for piquing interest whilst imparting the very best of his professional knowledge. We were lucky enough to catch up with him to chat about photography, equipment and more!

Hello Edwin! You have had a stellar career so far in photography. How did you get started and what did it take to get to where you are today?

I have always been into arts, I loved to sketch and draw when I was younger. My early exposure to photography was in intermediate school when I was assigned for a brief time as the school paper’s photographer.

My love for landscape grew during the digital age and being in a tropical country, I had lots of subjects. During this course, I managed a landscape photography school in the Philippines which led me to North America, the Middle East and parts of Asia.

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Edwin Martinez is a Bronx-born Puerto Rican filmmaker whose award-winning work has screened theatrically, nationally, and internationally on major television and news outlets. His first feature documentary, TO BE HEARD, won awards at DOC NYC, Seattle International, and other festivals. He produced EL EFECTO CLEMENTE (ESPN), edited CITY OF TREES (PBS), and was cinematographer for WHAT ALICE FOUND (Sundance Special Jury Prize), as well as many other films. He has recently returned to his alma mater as an Assistant Professor of Film in the SUNY Purchase Film Conservatory, and his most recent film PERSONAL STATEMENT premiered at AFI docs in 2018. Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez’s filmPERSONAL STATEMENTfollows peer college counselors Karoline, Christine and Enoch through their senior year and into college as they work tirelessly to realize better futures for themselves and their peers. Nationwide, the typical school counselor to student ratio is 1 to 490. Karoline, Christine and Enoch have chosen to do something about this problem, by becoming the very resource they don't have for themselves.