Research - Bob Martin

Bob Martin is a photographer who specialises in action and sports. He has had a career in this field for over 20 years and during this time has had many acomplishments.

He has a broad client list and his work has featured in magazines such as Time, Stern, Bunte, Sunday Times, Telegraph.

For the last five years he has been contracted to Sports Illustrated in New York however he spends most of his time on the road covering major sporting event such as the Olympics.

It is a testiment to his acomplishments that he is the only photographer for Sports Illustrated based outside of the USA not only that but he has been recognised by over 53 national and international awards.

I have created a slide show showing some of Bob Martin's work. But shown below are a couple of my favourites.

After looking through Bob Martin's work, this image jumped out at me. My favourite thing about it is the angle of the vantage point. Throughout my own work I stive to find new and more obscure angles which complement the sport. I think Bob Martin has managed to achieve this. Another impressive point is the depth of field. You can clearerly make out the backgroung whilst still being able to see all the detail in the immediate foreground.

This is another image which stood out. Due to the fact that all of my work is based around the sport of snowboarding I can appreciate the quality of the image. The main subject of the image is positioned perfectly, framed by the background and foreground. If the subject had been much lower the overlap between them would cause the sharpness around the finer details like the snowboard to be lost.