ABOUT JONATHAN MARTINE

My endeavor is to understand the essence of architecture.

Before I photograph a space, I want to see it. To understand how light moves through it, how its materials age, how it feels at different hours of the day, and what remains in the memory after you leave. I am interested in architecture, not simply as an object, but as an experience.

Working primarily with film, I use photography to explore the relationship between light, emotion, and memory. The limitations and texture of the medium become part of the process; film slows me down and asks me to be present with a space. I look for images that feel lived in and photographs that suggest history, and an atmosphere,

My work centers on residential architecture, urban environments, and buildings of historical significance. I am particularly drawn to architecture that carries a distinct sense of place and time, from the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier to the buildings of Philip Johnson and the architects working today.

Based in New York's Hudson Valley, I have photographed architecture across New York City, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. My practice has developed independently through years of photography, architectural study, and conversations with architects and filmmakers. I also completed a year of architectural history through Harvard's online program.

JM Architecture exists both as a photographic archive here on “Process” and as a growing body of films exploring architecture through image, sound, and time. Through this work, I hope to create photographs that remain somewhere in the subconscious.