For those who are interested in biographical details, I was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and studied photography at the local Salisbury College. I moved to London in the early eighties, where I full-time assisted photographers, Serge Krouglikoff, Kenneth Bieber, Bill Ling and James Wedge. Working with James was a wonderful experience and gave me a taste for foreign travel. After leaving James's studio, I built up my own freelance career working as a photographer. Today, I live in Willesden Green and work from a studio in nearby Stoke Newington. I am also a regular contributor to What Digital Camera magazine. I am regularly asked to present seminars on Photoshop techniques. These days the Digital Imaging Group rarely holds any meetings, but the spirit of DIG lives on in the Prodig mailing list, co-owned by Ed Horwich and myself. If you would like to find out how to join this mail list, visit the prodig web site www.prodig.org.
It is hard to say which photographers have influenced me most. With so many good photographers out there providing inspiration, I am inclined to think first of pictures I've recently seen in magazines, exhibitions, books or posters. It is the unsung heroes who through organisations like the Association of Photographers, have helped defend photographers' rights and championed their cause. people like Janet Ibbotson, Gwen Thomas, Mike Laye, Martin Beckett, Adam Woolfitt and Jonathan Trapman. In this intensely competitive business, the contribution these people (and many others) have made to protecting the rights of UK and European photographers is sometimes easily forgotten. The photographic industry has gone through many changes. The advent of digital imaging has made high-quality digital imaging an affordable reality for many. It has also brought about less welcome changes, such as the way clients are able purchase and commission original photography. Such changes are inevitable, yet I believe there are also many ways in which photographers are able to adapt and take advantage of new technologies and thrive from this digital revolution. Never before has it been so easy to communicate with so many people across the world through visual images.
Interests outside of photography and computers include outdoor activities like hiking. I like reading modern novels and listening to all types of contemporary music, but especially indie, dance, ambient, jazz, soul and R&B. I often get the opportunity to visit the United States and love to take time out to drive around, explore small towns and investigate the local music scene.
I am married to my wife Camilla and have a baby daughter, Angelica who was born in April 2007.
Martin Evening
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