MICHAEL P
MARTIN

From the United States. Lives and works in San Jose, California.

Public Spaces

Public spaces are where people let down their guard, and where humanity is on show for all to see. I surreptitiously photograph people in public spaces when elements align to create a human tableau. They are travel pictures yet they do not identify the place by cultural or historical details as much as use their particulars to investigate a detached, disembodied slice of time. The detachment makes the familiar strange to us.

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West Nees Avenue, Fresno County. 2017. From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.
Dealership, Palm Springs. 2015. From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.
Rancho Seco Park, near Herald,-California. 2016.  From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.
Duck and Kristin, San Francisco. 2019. From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.
Bering Avenue, Salton City, California. 2015. From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.
Doggy-Diner-Heads,-Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay. 2019. From the series Public Spaces by Michael P Martin.