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Johnny Martyr B&W Film Photojournalist - handcrafting film images of important events & special occasions since 2001 He has been a freelance author for Petapixel since 2018.

Johnny Martyr, of Martyr & Lee Photography, LLC, is an East Coast photojournalist who specializes in handcrafted black & white lifestyle images on 35mm film. He is formally educated & has been photographing important events & special occasions for high-profile clients for more than two decades. Book him via email to document your upcoming wedding, concert, or other appearance. You can also hire hi

m to just hang out & photograph you doing what makes you unique & awesome! Johnny's authentic analog style will make your photographs as enduring as they will be honest & distinct. Johnny's reductive realist 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 2002 & 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. 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.

My daughter loves almost as much as I do! So we roadtripped to Evans City Cemetary PA last year, where the opening sce...
11/09/2025

My daughter loves almost as much as I do! So we roadtripped to Evans City Cemetary PA last year, where the opening scene was filmed. I took her photo on Tri-X just like the movie was shot on (well, the opening scene was on Plus-X). Then we met .odea.3 at the Living Dead Weekend. She was so kind to Vivian & autographed a replica of the tombstone that she grasps in the movie. was also amazing and signed a trowel for us, but let’s hope my daughter doesn’t get inspired eat my arm! 😅 Thanks to for the replica & to Ms. O’Dea, Ms. Schon & .ten for making our day so special!

This weekend, we are traveling to Ohio for to meet the cast of and The Orphan!

Remembering September 11th photographer, Bill Biggart 🇺🇸📷
11/09/2025

Remembering September 11th photographer, Bill Biggart 🇺🇸📷

*I originally published the following article on Petapixel on September 11th, 2020, it is reproduced here in honor of the 20th anniversary“With a press pass around his neck and a camera bag over hi…

Hey gang,I want to issue a formal apology if you’ve felt harrassed by invites to my CLASSIC CAMERAS Facebook group!I usu...
10/09/2025

Hey gang,

I want to issue a formal apology if you’ve felt harrassed by invites to my CLASSIC CAMERAS Facebook group!

I usually ignore the Professional Dashboard for my page. But it is very complicated and after considerable time investigating it, I found that an automatic invite setting was swittched on.

I’m happy to have you in the group! But I just wanted you to know that excessive or annoying invites were unintended!

Thank you for all your support of my work and for contributing so much to my knowledge and enjoyment of photography with your thoughtful and inspiring comments and shared images!

Downtown Frederick, MD - Agfa Super Solinette | Agfa 50mm 3.5 Solinar | Kodak Tri-X 400
10/09/2025

Downtown Frederick, MD - Agfa Super Solinette | Agfa 50mm 3.5 Solinar | Kodak Tri-X 400

Accessory rangefinders make focusing a breeze and are just plain cool!
09/09/2025

Accessory rangefinders make focusing a breeze and are just plain cool!

Accessory rangefinders enhance focus precision for scale focus cameras.

Recent portraits of my favorites - Nikkormat FTn | Nikkor 55mm 3.5 P Micro | Kodak TMAX 100 | Kodak HC110b ...
08/09/2025

Recent portraits of my favorites - Nikkormat FTn | Nikkor 55mm 3.5 P Micro | Kodak TMAX 100 | Kodak HC110b

Nicole Fiorentino studio bassist for Smashing Pumpkins and Veruca Salt, currently on tour with Garbage Leica M6 TTL | Le...
07/09/2025

Nicole Fiorentino studio bassist for Smashing Pumpkins and Veruca Salt, currently on tour with Garbage

Leica M6 TTL | Leitz 90mm Summicron Pre-ASPH | Kodak TMAX P3200

Downtown Frederick, MD August 2025 - Pentax SV | Agfa Solinar 50/2.8 | Kodak Tri-X
06/09/2025

Downtown Frederick, MD August 2025 - Pentax SV | Agfa Solinar 50/2.8 | Kodak Tri-X

Cirque Italia in Frederick, MD 🎪Nikon lenses and Kodak film 🎞️
05/09/2025

Cirque Italia in Frederick, MD 🎪

Nikon lenses and Kodak film 🎞️

Pretty happy with a couple recent rounds of street photos with two different AGFA Solinar lenses
04/09/2025

Pretty happy with a couple recent rounds of street photos with two different AGFA Solinar lenses

Street photography on two Tessar copies by AGFA – and a little tangent about SLRs vs Rangefinders too!

Thanks so much to Steven Van Worth for involving me in his beautifully articulated Fstoppers article. It’s a pleasure t...
03/09/2025

Thanks so much to Steven Van Worth for involving me in his beautifully articulated Fstoppers article. It’s a pleasure to appear beside photographer Kevin Camp too!

In 2025, photography has never been faster or more automated. Cameras track eyes at 60 frames per second and send 45-megapixel raws to your phone in seconds. Yet thousands of photographers are loading Kodak and Ilford rolls, proving film isn’t dead—it’s thriving as a cultural counterpunch. The...

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