The Man who Invented the Digital Camera

Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson from David Friedman on Vimeo.

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ZARNA!

I photographed my friend Zarna. She's a popular fashion blogger in Nashville. I wanted to contribute to her awesome website. Check out her blog, it's pretty awesome.

More pics on my flickr.

photos © 2011 by Martin B. Cherry

Jael!

I photograph my gorgeous friend Jael last fall. here are a few pics from that shoot. Peep my flickr for more pics!

photos by Martin B. Cherry © 2011.

Last Doughboy

Frank Buckles, the last surviving World War I U.S. veteran, passed away last night. I had the privilege of photographing Mr. Buckles several times during my times at The Journal.

Buckles lived in a gorgeous home outside of Charles Town, WV. He was one of the most fascinating person I have ever photographed.

This is a shot when, then, Governor Joe Manchin honored Buckles at his home in 2007.

Tell Tale Nights

Photo ©2011 by Martin B. Cherry

I recently photographed nashville indie rock band Tale Tell Nights. We had a lot of fun shooting together at a small park in nashville. The location was perfect for the band. Tell Tale were awesome for bringing props, dressing well and knowing how to pose. They blended perfectly with Sunnyside, a 1852 restored house at the park.

More photos will be posted on my flickr this weekend.

New Video! Contra Dancing

New video project completed. I wanted to do a more journalistic style video; using ambient audio and music.

I shot this with my friend's sony HD handicam. Videography or video journalism has been a style I have been wanting to explore. I really enjoyed doing this. I cant wait to explore this more often. Next time, I'll use a DSLR ( more control, better color correction and overall quality) and have more quotes. I realize the challenge of finding good quotes, it's the foundation of a story.

I'll post more videos from china in it's same theme to music, but i will also post some raw videos from the trip and other mini vids using ambient audio.

Contra Dance in Nashville from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

Egypt Protest in Nashville

On Tuesday evening, about 100 people gathered in Nashville for a protest against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Protesters from various ages and backgrounds came together to join with the millions of protestors in Cairo, Egypt 6,000 miles away.

Update: On Friday, Hosni Mubarak

resigned as president and the Egyptian Military will assume power until democratic elections.

more photos are on my flickr.

photo ©2011 by Martin B. Cherry

First shoot of the year

My friend, Jason, needed some help with shooting head shots. I gave him some pointers and edited the image.

I think he did a great job. Nice composing and positioning. She was wearing a nose ring, I didn't realize (that is probably a headshot taboo) until after the shoot. It was a lot easier to remove than expected.

In turn for helping him, Jason invited me to photo the band he manages at the studio. It was blast!

The band is called How I Became the Bomb. They were recording some new stuff that sounded really good, very catchy. Every time i see these images, I start thinking about the songs. You can see more pics from my Flickr.

Thanks again Jason!

images © 2011 Martin B. Cherry

Happy 2011

New Video!!!

Hong Kong from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

Clips of my stay in Hong Kong. Sites include, Kowloon and Central Hong Kong, Big Buddha of Lantau Island, Victoria's Peak and Man Mo Temple.




Camera: Canon 7D with 35mm 1.4

Music: "Talamak" by Toro y Moi

photo still ©2011 Martin B. Cherry

News Photos of the Year

Here are links to top photos of the year.

Marooned flood victims looking to escape grab the side bars of a hovering Army helicopter which arrived to distribute food supplies in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan’s Punjab province August 7, 2010. Pakistanis desperate to get out of flooded villages threw themselves at helicopters on Saturday as more heavy rain was expected to intensify both suffering and anger with the government. The disaster killed more than 1,600 people and disrupted the lives of 12 million. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Boston Globe - The Big Picture

Pt1

Pt2

Pt3

Reuters (it's not news unless it's....)

New York Times

It's my favorite time of year to see the best photojournalism images all in one page. Some images are graphic.

playing with a new website/look

Here's a new look of my carbonmade website. Tell me what you think.

Recent Gig - NY Daily News

Last week, I shot for the New York Daily News. It was for a great story about a bill to support the medical bills of 9/11 responders, the Zadroga Bill. This is from the perspective a Tennessee woman who is slowly dying from her ailments received from working at ground zero after the terrorist attacks in New York City.

Read the article here.