Martina Grabinsky
- Where are you from?
I am from Saarbrücken, Germany
- How did you start in photography?
Well, other people answer this question with "my father or grandfather was a photographer" ... i have kind of a funny story and it's a bit long, because i started photography in 1999 ... due to star trek. i am a fan / trekkie since i was a child. in later years, i loved visiting the German convention called fedcon, where the actors holding panels, gives autographs and where you can take pictures of them. for that, i needed a camera. so i bought my first (analogue) camera back in 1999, a Minolta dynax 505si. then i started with taking pictures of flowers, plants, insects and landscapes. i am autodidact, learning by doing, and for that, analogue wasn't the perfect thing. in 2004/2005 i got my first digital camera. this allowed me to try out a lot more and learn the technique much easier. but digital was too perfect, too clean, too fast for me, so i restarted with analogue in 2007 and also began to develop the films by myself. i love to experiment, i love the grain and dust, lightleaks, blur, the "imperfect" you sometimes get with analogue, especially when you work with expired films. some months ago i started creating cyanotypes, an alternative photographic process (one of the oldest) and it's just addicting.
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- How would you describe your style?
Imperfect, natural, sensual, calm, artistic, experimental.
- What inspires your work?
My surroundings, daily life, nature and the works of other photographer / artists (known and unknown).
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- What do you love to photograph?
I'm interested in too many genres ... people (portraits, nude), flora and fauna (esp. trees, flowers, birds), landscapes, waterscapes, urban and street photography, aviation (no plane spotting, but more artistic), classic cars, weather (clouds, rainbows, sunsets, moonrises), ordinary things and moments.
- Your technical process/technical choice, what cameras do you use?
I have over 30 working cameras in these formats, to mention some of them:
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