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Martin Vallis

London, United Kingdom
Artist (Photography)
Born 1954
To see we must forget the names of the things we're looking at.- Claude Monet

Martin Vallis  is a professionnal photographer. His style evolved, resulting in tightly- cropped, close-up work, mostly utilising Tungsten lighting, to enhance texture and detail. Two decades later Martin departed from commercial photography, concentrating on his own vision.

Throughout his career, Martin’s style has changed, yet there remains the ever-constant preference for simplicity of solitary objects, reflecting texture and shape: less is more. Society may spend time looking for the ‘Big Picture’ whilst missing the ‘Beauty of Simplicity’. He feels it portrays a deeply felt sense of isolation, solitude and emptiness. The artist is eager to conclude he now understands those feelings are more to do with his condition over reality.

Martin Vallis has studied Visual Communication at Medway College of Art and Design from 1976-79, moving to London in 1980. After working as a Photographic Assistant to Commercial Photographer Gary Bryan for 3 years, he set up his own studio in Chelsea in 1983, that specialised in high-quality still life photography, in the areas of Advertising, Design and Editorial. Martin also shot stills on TV and Cinema commercials, primarily with directors Howard Guard and Ridley Scott (Alien/Blade Runner/Gladiator). Some of Martin’s clients included, British Airways, BMW, Volkswagen and Selfridges.

Discover contemporary artworks by Martin Vallis, browse recent artworks and buy online. Categories: contemporary british artists. Artistic domains: Photography. Account type: Artist , member since 2018 (Country of origin United Kingdom). Buy Martin Vallis's latest works on Artmajeur: Discover great art by contemporary artist Martin Vallis. Browse artworks, buy original art or high end prints.

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Along with Texture, I also use leaves as an expression of my emotional world, either as it is in the[...]
Along with Texture, I also use leaves as an expression of my emotional world, either as it is in the present or from a past experience.
Photography titled "I Inside the Old I…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
I Inside the Old I Dying - Photography, 11x7 in ©2023 by Martin Vallis - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Nature, Dying, Leaf, Texture, Isolation, Martin Vallis, Transition, Self, No self, Conceptual, Art Photography, Fine Art Photography, Nature, Buddhism, Spiritual Death, Spiritual Rebirth
"I Inside the Old I Dying"

Photography | 11x7 in

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Photography titled "The Process of Poss…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
The Process of Possession - Photography, 10x8 in ©2021 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, possession, texture, shape, colour, leaf, the human condition, time, illness, the process of possession, yellow, decay, dying, change, autumnal, nature
"The Process of Possession"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Play Me My Song, He…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Play Me My Song, Here It Comes Again - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, leaf, decay, parasite, impermanence, genenis, peter gabriel, nature, texture, art photography, musical box, song, lyrics, green, environment, black, play me my song, here it comes again, still life, expressionism, emotions
"Play Me My Song, Here It Comes Again"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "The Pan Within" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
The Pan Within - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, leaf, the pan within, the waterboys, skin, colour, red, emotions, journey, texture, nature, leaf vein, song, lyrics
"The Pan Within"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "Self" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Self - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Symbolism, symbolism-1020, self, may sarton, expression, leaf, emotions, nature, land art, texture, expressionism, photography, contemporary photography, art photography, realism, poetry, words, meaning, quote
"Self"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "Hurt." by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Hurt. - Photography, 10x8 in ©2016 by Martin Vallis - Minimalism, minimalism-606, leaf, autumn, golden, hurt, song, johhny cash, trent rezner, the cycle of life and death, decay, dying, death, contortion, Limited Edition
"Hurt."

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Humiliation" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Humiliation - Photography, 10x10 in ©2023 by Martin Vallis - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Nature, Humiliation, Trauma, Emotions, Leaf, Decay, Martin Vallis, Isolation, Texture, Colour, Expression, Conceptual, Art Photography, Fine Art Photography, Minimalism
"Humiliation"

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Photography titled "The Scream of Nature" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
The Scream of Nature - Photography, 7x10 in ©2021 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, Nature, climate change, global warming, the scream of nature, leaves, texture, decay, destruction, brown, autumn, dying, mankind, trauma
"The Scream of Nature"

Photography | 7x10 in

$270.66
Photography titled "The Precipice" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
The Precipice - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, song for europe, roxy music, leaf, precipice, feelings, emotions, texture, relationships, break up, suicidal, heartbreak, green, vertigo, lyrics, poetry, words
"The Precipice"

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Photography titled "Fatal Attraction" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Fatal Attraction - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, fatal attraction, glenn close, film, leaf, emotions, mental health, texture, nature, personality disorder, contemporary photography, art photography, minimalism, graphic, realistic
"Fatal Attraction"

Photography | 10x8 in

On Request
Photography titled "A Deeper Understand…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
A Deeper Understanding - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Minimalism, minimalism-606, leaf, a deeper understanding, the sensual world, kate bush, texture, emotions, emotional, contemporary photography, fallen leaf, urban, land art, feelings
"A Deeper Understanding"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "Yesterday I Died, T…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Yesterday I Died, Tomorrow's Bleeding - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Nature, leaf, leaves, shattered, decay, death, emotion, emotional, song, lyric, land, nature, dying, senses, landart, deterioration, martin vallis, art photography, conceptual photography
"Yesterday I Died, Tomorrow's Bleeding"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "'Til I Die" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
'Til I Die - Photography, 10x8 in ©2022 by Martin Vallis - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Nature, til i die, song, lyrics, surfs up, beach boys, texture, poetry, conceptual photography, art photography, leaf, shape, pattern, emotions, contemporary photography, autumnal, trauma, martin vallis
"'Til I Die"

Photography | 10x8 in

On Request
Photography titled "Exiled" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Exiled - Photography, 10x8 in ©2021 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, exiled, emotions, trauma, leaf, texture, expression, cenceptual, abandoned, lonliness, disconnection, minimilism, still life, style, design, dissociation, psychology
"Exiled"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Annica" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Annica - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, artwork_cat.Still Life, annica, impermanence, buddhism, leaf, texture, urban, nature, selfless, decay, art photography, artistic, expressionism, street, dying, death, shapes, patterns, weathered
"Annica"

Photography | 10x8 in

On Request
Photography titled "What You Going To D…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
What You Going To Do About Me - Photography, 10x8 in ©2019 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957
"What You Going To Do About Me"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Transitional State" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Transitional State - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, leaf, leaves, chrysalis, pupa, life, newlife, evolving, trapped, spidersweb, caught, texture, stone, encassed, emotions, fear
"Transitional State"

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On Request
Photography titled "Colour me Red" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Colour me Red - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, red, leaf, emotion, emotions, poem, starrwilliams, shadows, anger, street, urban, landart, moody, colour, colourmered
"Colour me Red"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "California Dreaming?" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
California Dreaming? - Photography, 10x8 in ©2021 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, leaves, decay, dying, g;obal warming, climate change, autumnal, texture, shape, pattern, destruction, california dreaming, human condition, mamas and the papas, song, still life
"California Dreaming?"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Carry That Weight" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Carry That Weight - Photography, 10x8 in ©2021 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, carry that weight, the beatles, song, leaf, texture, burden, mental health, art. photography, contemporary photography, emotions, weight of the world, art, artistic, stones, decay, weathered, impermanence, fallen, dying, death
"Carry That Weight"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Dissociation" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Dissociation - Photography, 10x8 in ©2019 by Martin Vallis - Expressionism, expressionism-591, Nature, dissociation, leaf, emotions, texture, landart, expression, departure, mental health, psychiatry, out of body experience, reality, non reality, dissociative experience, trauma, childhood, traumatic
"Dissociation"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "Brain Drain" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Brain Drain - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, leaf, braindrain, song, marianne faithful, graphic, shapes, land art, still life, nature, stark, patterns, still life photography, contemporary photography, art photography, green, emotion, feelings
"Brain Drain"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
Photography titled "Lost in a Lost World" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Lost in a Lost World - Photography, 10x8 in ©2017 by Martin Vallis - Minimalism, minimalism-606, Nature, leaf, wall, colour, lost, existance, life, the cycle of life, poem, still life, Limited Edition
"Lost in a Lost World"

Photography | 10x8 in

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Photography titled "Loneliness or Solit…" by Martin Vallis, Original Artwork, Digital Photography
Loneliness or Solitude? - Photography, 10x8 in ©2020 by Martin Vallis - Land Art, land-art-957, leaf, loneliness, solitude, maysarton, quote, isolation, emotional, emotion, emotions, greenleaf, green, black, lookingdown, expression, martin vallis, art photography, texture
"Loneliness or Solitude?"

Photography | 10x8 in

$284.64
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