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Toy Camera Art – Split Cam & Holga Published

Martin Thoburn — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:57:11 +0000

I am happy to announce that some of my photographic work has been publish in a book on toy cameras entitled “Toy Cameras – Creative Photos” This book features all the best toy cameras with 42 contributing artists including myself. … Read the rest

Primates

Martin Thoburn — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:49:16 +0000

This photo was taken on a recent video shoot for an upcoming short video project. You will have to use your imagination to guess what the story is about, but I promise there will be fire, a piano and 2 … Read the rest

Photo & Fine Art Prints for sale at Shadow Art Fair

Martin Thoburn — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:16:20 +0000

I’m selling some of my Photos and Fine Art Prints at the upcoming Shadow Art Fair on Saturday July 10th. The shadow art fair takes place at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, Mi from Noon to Midnight. Come on down … Read the rest

A Winter to Remember

Martin Thoburn — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:50:26 +0000

Spring is upon us, but memories from winter are still close. A photo taken with my Yashica Mat 124g using expired Black and White 120 Film. Taken in Estonia sometime in November 2009. Yes, its taken me that long to … Read the rest

Two Holgas – One Photo (Double Exposure)

Martin Thoburn — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:38:07 +0000

This photo was a collaboration between myself and Adam Rankin. He took the first exposure of the Castle, and I took the film and put it in my Holga and shot the second exposure of the Power Lines. Two cameras, … Read the rest

Dream in Black and White

Martin Thoburn — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:32:48 +0000

Its winter now, all the more reason to dream about summer. This photo was taken with a Yashica 124G at the Baltic sea during a family reunion. This is by far one of the best portraits I have ever taken. … Read the rest

Square Composition

Martin Thoburn — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:28:28 +0000

The shape holds order in a world of disarray. Note the brick being suspended by the window. Taken just outside of Erlangen, this image reminds me more of Detroit then Bavaria, but the location is irrelevant to me. The subject … Read the rest

Rockets for Giraffes

Martin Thoburn — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:04:00 +0000

Digital Collage. Mashing NASA images and a Giraffe. (2 giraffes if you look carefully.)

By far my most popular digital manipulation. This image one of my personal favorites. I tired hard to compose the square composition in a way that … Read the rest

The New Face of Reason

Martin Thoburn — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:49:01 +0000

Beyond prison door 26 lies the new face of reason. This is a digital manipulation of a photo I took at the Buchenwald concentration camp in 2009. Some of the most well known concentraion camp photos have come out of … Read the rest

Flowers for NASA

Martin Thoburn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:53:17 +0000

My latest digital photo collage using images provided by NASA.
Created for the “Special Contest on ART TREASURES SHOWROOM: Flower”
This image is the start of a new remix group called the NASA remix project. Thanks to Betabid for inspiring … Read the rest

i Miss you

Martin Thoburn — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:21:18 +0000

My latest self-portrait featuring me in a wood panel outfit. Complied from a variety of textures, this image fit my mood at the time. This image has become icon for most of my website avatars. I wish I actually had … Read the rest

Self-Portrait Photography Abstracted

Martin Thoburn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:29:14 +0000

I have been working on some new self-portraits lately. I really enjoy taking the digital photos to a realm of abstraction using textures. It gives the digital image a warmth that I usually only feed with film photography. Both images were taken in a small apartment in … Read the rest