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"Renowned British photographer Vicky Martin is a luminary in the realm of conceptual portraiture [...] At the heart of her work lies a profound fascination with the female experience - a fascination that has driven her to push the boundaries of artistic expression and challange the status quo." FotoNostrum Magazine Issue No.37

Vicky Martin is an award winning British photographer with a background in art and design. She is best known for her conceptual portraits depicting the conflict between themes of fantasy and reality as well as strength and vulnerability, especially in relation to the female experience.

Vicky intertwines her created characters with staged realities, which seek to convey the tension and conflicts found within the self. Using the lens of strong female characters, she explores such themes of conflict, including: conformity to stereotypical, societal expectations of femininity, rebellion against traditional female roles, vulnerability, self-doubt, courage, and tenacity. Whilst all her works contribute to the narrative framework developed across her series', they also each depict an element of ambiguity that the viewer is invited to interpret in relation to themselves and their unique perception of the world.

Her work is held in the permanent collection of FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography in Barcelona, she has been widely published and exhibited nationally and internationally, from Europe to the USA in solo and group shows and her work continues to garner many awards and nominations which include Refocus Color Awards 2024 Winner Fashion & Beauty, Minimalist Photography Awards Portrait Photographer of The Year 2020, Chromatic Awards 2018 Winner Beauty and Fashion, All About Photo Magazine Colors 2018 Winner, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2018 Winner Fine Art Single Image and Fine Art Photography Awards 2016 Winner Fine Art Series.