J o h n n y  M a r t y r  is an East Coast photojournalist who handcrafts black & white lifestyle images on 35mm film.  

Martyr's photography can be found in periodicals such as Marie Claire, HuffPost, TED & Buzzfeed; on the gallery walls of ArtistAngle & The Delaplaine; as well as the social media of Kodak Professional.  He studied Film, Video & Theatre at Villa Julie College from 1999 to 2003 & was a wedding photographer with Bradley Images Photo & Video from 2001 to 2004.  Martyr took commercial production stills & covered news events for Erickson Living from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he teamed up with Stephanie Lee to form Martyr & Lee Photography, LLC. He has been a freelance author for Petapixel since 2018. Martyr has photographed politicians including Bill & Hillary Clinton; musicians Veruca Salt & comedian Nikki Glaser. 

When he’s not shooting, Johnny Martyr collects Night of the Living Dead trading cards.  He also enjoys drinking craft beer or absinthe while listening to alternative, Britpop & grunge music.

Social: Facebook | Instagram | X | Tumblr | Pinterest | Reddit | Redbubble | LinkedIn | Wordpress | Flickr | Amazon Affiliate Page
Email: JohnnyMartyr@Hotmail.com | MartyrLeePhotography@Gmail.com

EDUCATION

2002 BS in Film, Video & Theatre - Villa Julie College - Stevenson, Maryland

EXHIBITIONS

2020 - Rainbow Ridge Studio, Fort Washington MD | Hadestown | November 7
2018 - Artist Angle, Frederick MD | Photographica: The Art of Photography |November 3 - December 22
2018 - The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD | MAAP | June 23 - July 29
2017 - Frederick Community College, Frederick MD | Artist Angle
2015 - Cafe Nola, Frederick MD | DC Metro Print | MAAP
2014 - Artist Angle, Frederick MD | B&w Portraiture | MAAP | September
2008 - Gallery 61, Buffalo NY | Inaugural Exhibition 
2007 - Balance, Baltimore MD | Rosewood Asylum Series
2006 - St Paul Pavilion, Stevenson MD | Sarah Stup Portraits | Jan 30 - May 26
2005 - Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson MD | Optical Romance | March 29 - April 16

PUBLICATIONS (AUTHORED)

2024 - Petapixel | A New Quick-Load Spool for Barnack Leica (and Similar) Cameras | April 1
2023 - Petapixel | How I Shot Nikki Glaser’s Tour Promos on B&W 35mm Film | Dec 24
2023 - Petapixel | Kodak Ektar H35N Half Frame Camera Review: More Sharpness, More Fun | Oct 26
2023 - Petapixel |One Man’s Trash: Parting Out Veteran Photojournalist Bill Green’s Darkroom | Oct 8
2023 - Petapixel | Rediscovering Sarah Stup and 35mm Film | Aug 12
2023 - 35mmc | Louise Post, a Shutterbug & the Importance of Tangible Things | Aug 7
2023 - Petapixel | Want to Learn How to Shoot Film? Here’s How! | May 18
2023 - Petapixel | Uncertainty Surrounds the Future of Kodak Photo Paper and Chemistry | May 8
2022 - Petapixel | Barnack Quirks: An Intro to Shooting with Early 35mm Leica Cameras | Dec 21
2022 - Petapixel | Flying with Film: How to Handle X-Ray Checkpoints | Dec 4
2022 - Petapixel | A Decade Later & I'm Still Married to Black & White Film | Nov 8
2022 - Petapixel |  Kodak Ektar H35 Review: Out-of-the-Box Fun | July 12
2021 - Petapixel | A Little Baltimore Camera Repair Shop That Survived the Digital Revolution | Nov 14
2021 - Petapixel | Teen Finds Entire Leica M Camera Kit at Church Sale for $15 | Aug 16
2021 - Petapixel | What a New, Budget-Friendly Leica M 35mm Camera Might Be Like | Jan 2
2020 - Film Photography Project | 120 Film - Kodak Uses New Backing Paper | Dec 19
2020 - Petapixel | Bill Biggart: The Hero Photographer Who Died Capturing 9/11 | September 11
2020 - Shoot It With Film | Fireworks on Film | July 17, 2020
2020 - Petapixel | Photographing Fireworks with a 90-Year-Old-Camera | July 1
2020 - Barnack Berek | The Leica M6 TTL .85 is the Best 35mm Film Camera Ever Conceived | Jan 29
2020 - Only On Film |The Leica M6 TTL .85 is the Best 35mm Film Camera Ever Conceived | Jan 28
2020 - Petapixel | The Leica M6 TTL .85 is the Best 35mm Film Camera Ever Conceived | Jan 27
2020 - Petapixel | What's Your Rangefinder's Effective Base Length? | Jan 30
2019 - Petapixel | You Can Still Buy a Brand New Nikon F6 | Dec 10
2019 - DIY Photography | These Photos Were Taken By Two Little Girls in 1917, and They Are Gorgeous | Oct 18
2019 - Shoot It With Film | Voigtländer Super Wide 15mm Lens Review | Oct 4, 2019
2019 - DIY Photography | The Clash of Palladium and Silver | Sept 23
2019 - Petapixel | The Clash of Palladium and Silver | Sept 21
2019 - Shoot It With Film | Shooting Low-Light Receptions with Film | June 30
2019 - DIY Photography | SHOOTING WEDDING RECEPTIONS ON FILM WITH NO FLASH AND NO AUTOMATION | May 6
2019 - Petapixel | Shooting Weddings on ISO 3200 Film, Full Manual, and No Flash | May 6

2018 - DIY Photography | First Photos Shot on Kodak's Rebooted TMAX  P3200 Film or Rockin' Out with Kodak TMAX P3200 | April 2

2018 - Petapixel | First Photos Shot on Kodak's Rebooted TMAX P3200 Film | March 28
2018 - Fantasm Media | Night of the Living Dead Trading Cards are Coming to Get You! | October 1

2017 - MiNT Camera | Press Coverage: MiNT Instantflex TL70
2016 - Darkest Goth | Johnny Martyr: Provoke 

PUBLICATIONS (FEATURED)

2024 - Alex Luyckx Blog | Recommended Reading | March | 28
2023 - Affinity Spotlight | 14 Tips for Photographing Fireworks | Dec 20

2023 - Westworld | Nikki Glaser Lights Up Paramount Theatre With The Good Girl Tour New Year's Eve | December 22
2023 - Canny Cameras| KODAK EKTAR H35 REVIEW | March 13, 2023

2023 - The Resurrected Camera | The Importance of Familiarity | January 25, 2023
2023 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | How To Pay As Little As Possible For Film | May 20
2023 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | The Significance & Probability of a New Pentax K1000 | April 1

2023 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | There’s More To Shooting 3200 Speed Film | March 4
2023 - Mr. Leica | Most Accurate Rangefinder Camera? | Jan
2022 - Thomas Eisl Photography | A New Nikon F6 | Dec 30
2021 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Happy Birthday, Kodak Tri-X | Nov 6

2021 - The Sun Magazine | Lawrence the Enormous Page 24 Issue 550 | October
2021 - 121 Clicks | 50 B&W Photographs Which Will Tell You Light Is Everything | Sept 27
2021 - Virus Editorial | Pandemic | March
2020 - The Resurrected Camera | Is the F6 the Last Film Nikon? | Dec 20, 2020
2020 - Team Human | ‘We’ll Always Be Strangers, Ourselves’ With Sonia Shah | Nov 30
2020 - Team Human | Live from IMPAKT Festival with Sonia Shah | Nov 30
2020 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Photographing Fireworks with a 90 Year Old Leica | July 4
2020 - Film Photography Project | George Floyd Protests | June 11

2020 - Canny Cameras | Blinded by the Light | April 6
2019 - Lomography | Discovering Lomographic Styles: Neorealism | Dec
2019 - Panta Rhei | A New Nikon F6 | Dec 30
2019 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Film Photography Blogs You Should Follow | August 29th
2019 - Analog Forever Magazine | Visual Audio | June
2019 - SLR Lounge | Film Wedding Photographers You Should Follow! | May 28
2019 - Painter Legend | What's So Trendy About 27st Century Abstract Artists | March 16
2019 - FOQUS | Johnny Martyr: Another Kind of Wedding Photographer | Jan 25

2019 - Huffington Post | Superbugs | Jan 3
2018 - Canny Cameras| The Reading Room | December 20, 2018
2018 - PR Web | 'Photographica: The Art of Photography' Exhibit at The ArtistAngle Gallery | October 24
2018 - Kodak Moments | Matt and Kim on P3200 | October 6
2018 - The Collection from Artist Angle Gallery | Page 4 | Issue #1
2018 - Film Never Die | Kodak TMAX P3200
2018 - The Sun Magazine | Dating Page 35 Issue 506 | February, 2018
2017 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Defending the Nikon FM10 | August 26
2017 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Behold, the Konica III | July 8

2017 - The Baltimore Jewish Times | A New Beginning | June 23
2017 - The Baltimore Jewish Times | A New Beginning For Rosewood | June 21
2017 - The Sun Magazine | Recovery Page 16  Issue 498 | May, 2017
2017 - Sǎo wén zīxùn | Not Enough Black and White | April 26
2017 - Down the Road by Jim Grey | Photographing Disney with the Instax Mini 8 | April 15
2017 - Primal Music | EP Review - Painted Mirror | March 29 
2017 - Subversive Zine | Frederick's Music Scene Pages 13 & 14 | March, Issue 1
2016 - Modern Wedding | As If By Magic: Lovebirds Chaz & Nicole Get Hitched | October 25
2016 - Frederick County Public Schools | Hearing Sarah's Words | October 12

2016 - Badass Americans | Sonia Shah | September 12
2016 - JazJaz.net | Can Photographing Beautiful Women Be Like Going to War?  The B&W Photography of Johnny Martyr 
2016 - Spreadophilia | Johnny Martyr: Shoot to Kiss | July, Issue #19
2016 - Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb | Q&A with Sonia Shah | May 27
2016 - BuzzFeed | Teen Boy Says He Was Kicked Out of Ted Cruz Rally For Being Transgender  | April 25
2016 - 121 Clicks | Best Photographs of the Week | April 24
2016 - Huffington Post | Superbugs | March 29

2016 - Thought Matters | Superbugs | March 25
2015 - Lomography | 5 Ways to Change the Mood of Your Portraits | Sept 30
2015 - Marie Claire | Secrets of the Sisterhood | August Issue

2015 - True Tales of a Punk Rock Pinup | The Most Swoonworthy Man of 2015 | Feb 14
2014 - TED | Speakers: Sonia Shah

2014 - New Paltz | Sonia Shah

2014 - Frederick News Post | First show by the Mid-Atlantic Analog Photographers | Sept 4

2014 - The Little Rebellion | Sonia Shah Addresses SUNY New Paltz Community on Malaria | April 

2014 - Think Inclusive | Are Your Eyes Listening? | May 2

2014 - The Little Rebellion | New Paltz Visiting Professor To Talk About The Intersection Of Science & Journalism | March 27

2014 - PhotoKlassik | Das Portratobjektiv

2013 - Kodak Moments | Kodak Moments | May 20

2012 - Lomography | Young Masters #09

PODCAST MENTIONS & APPEARENCES

2024 - Camerosity | Episode 68: April Fool's Day with Johnny and Dan| April 1
2024 - Camerosity | Episode 64: Rollei Rollei Rollei | January 31
2023 - Embrace the Grain | Episode 89 - Johnny Martyr | December 14
2023 - Classic Camera Revival | Episode 163 – The Other Nikons | November 10
2023 - Sunny 16 Podcast | Music and Photography #35 Johnny Martyr | Aug 8
2022 - The Barnack Hour | What’s the Difference Between the M6, the TTL and Leica MP? | March 22
2021 - The Ephemeral Machine | Episode Two | Oct 24
2021 - Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast | #363.5 | June 1
2021 - Classic Lenses Podcast | Cocaine & Waffles | May 20
2019 - Classic Lenses Podcast | Friends & Allies | March 4
2018 - Film Photography Podcast | We Love Kodak P3200 TMAX! | April 24

NOTABLE SUBJECTS

• David Burnett | Photojournalist
• Candlebox | Musicians
• Bill Clinton | U.S. President
• Hillary Clinton | U.S. Presidential Candidate
• Ted Cruz | U.S. Senator
• Burton Cummings of The Guess Who | Musician
• Val Emmich | Musician
• Nicole Fiorentino of the Smashing Pumpkins & Veruca Salt | Musician
• Nikki Glaser | Comedian
• Bob Giraldi | Director
• Carson Kressley | Television Personality
• Matt & Kim | Musicians
• Anya Marina | Musician
• My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult | Musicians
• Ralph Nader | U.S. Presidential Candidate
• Louise Post of Veruca Salt | Musician
• Susan Sarandon | Actress
• Kathleen Sebelius | U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services
• Sonia Shah | Author
• Sarah Stup | Author
• Bryan Voltaggio | Chef