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Jose Martinez


Hayward, California
About

Born and raised in Villa Chavinda, Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico. My dad moved our family to Hayward, California, when I was going to turn 8 in 1997. Which is when I took up my first camera, al be it, it was a disposable 35mm film camera, but none the less I became the go to photographer. In high school I took my first photography course which introduced me to the basics with 35mm film. It wasn't until I bought my first digital point and shoot that I became enamored with composing shots and the most fun, recording "history". Taking portrait photographs in a street photography style is my favorite. By the time was ready to graduate from college, I had taken a liking to cars, and by mixing my love for photography with it got me to the sector which I love the most, automotive photography on a macro scale. I call it car fragments, which I shoot in a street no flash style. Now I do photo and video as well as graphic design and I try to incorporate everything I have learned into my projects.

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