* originally published on Stache Magazine *
Melanie Martinez started taking pictures when she was 13 years young. She is a self-taught photographer who uses both film and digital. While Melanie is gradually making a name in the music industry, we interviewed her about her other passion in life, that is conceptual, fashion, and portrait photography.
Your style on portrait photography radiates a different kind of light, something that’s equally nostalgic and refreshing. When/How did it strike you that you have a big heart for photography? How do you harmonize your emotions, interests, personality to capture your subjects’ best photographic features?
I always loved the idea of creative images. I'd always wish that I could take a photo with my eyes because I am able to create some sort of beauty in everything I see. I started taking pictures of flowers and the outdoors and normal things I'd see around me. I got really bored with the work that I was doing and I wanted to grow as an artist. I had crazy visuals in my head but I could never execute them because I felt like the things in my heart were holding me back. I was always so uncomfortable with my environment and wanted to be confident and feel beautiful.
Ever since I was little, I remember being really conscious about the gap in between my two front teeth. I started taking pictures of myself and it became a habit of never opening my mouth due to my insecurity. I wanted to get over it so badly that I ended up just taking photos from my open mouth down to my collar bones. This helped me become comfortable with who I am as an artist and as a human being. It helped me get over my insecurity and since then I've found a love for helping girls overcome their insecurities by photographing them in a beautiful way.
I always shoot subjects who are out of the norm. I use soft light to make it feel as if they're in a beautiful setting when, really, the places where I shoot are just a block away from my house. If I didn't open up to feel comfortable with myself, I don't think I would have had the power to go out and create the images I do today. And, Little Body Big Heart wouldn't exist.
I think back to the times in my life when I felt really emotional and how I can portray that in a way that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye but also felt in the heart. I’ve always loved freckles because people always see them as a flaw when someone’s face is covered in them. To me, I feel as if they're kisses from God, making you different from everyone else.
What/Who influences and inspires you?
Andrea Hübner and Caitlin Worthington.
Does your passion for music have something to do with your vision in photography?
Absolutely. I tell stories in my songwriting and it helps me create stories with my photographs.
If you could turn a song into a series of photographs, what song would that be and why?
Music Box by Regina Spektor, which is actually always been a work in progress. It is very melodic and interesting, has a unique tune, and it makes me feel like there are millions of stories within just 3 minutes of the song. I would love to do a life size music box with a ballerina as the little ballerina that spins.
What projects of yours should we look forward to?
You’ll have to stay tuned to find out! I love giving surprises!
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Melanie Martinez’s Little Body, Big Heart, and Beautiful Portraits
* originally published on Stache Magazine *
Melanie Martinez started taking pictures when she was 13 years young. She is a self-taught photographer who uses both film and digital. While Melanie is gradually making a name in the music industry, we interviewed her about her other passion in life, that is conceptual, fashion, and portrait photography.
Your style on portrait photography radiates a different kind of light, something that’s equally nostalgic and refreshing. When/How did it strike you that you have a big heart for photography? How do you harmonize your emotions, interests, personality to capture your subjects’ best photographic features?
I always loved the idea of creative images. I'd always wish that I could take a photo with my eyes because I am able to create some sort of beauty in everything I see. I started taking pictures of flowers and the outdoors and normal things I'd see around me. I got really bored with the work that I was doing and I wanted to grow as an artist. I had crazy visuals in my head but I could never execute them because I felt like the things in my heart were holding me back. I was always so uncomfortable with my environment and wanted to be confident and feel beautiful.
Ever since I was little, I remember being really conscious about the gap in between my two front teeth. I started taking pictures of myself and it became a habit of never opening my mouth due to my insecurity. I wanted to get over it so badly that I ended up just taking photos from my open mouth down to my collar bones. This helped me become comfortable with who I am as an artist and as a human being. It helped me get over my insecurity and since then I've found a love for helping girls overcome their insecurities by photographing them in a beautiful way.
I always shoot subjects who are out of the norm. I use soft light to make it feel as if they're in a beautiful setting when, really, the places where I shoot are just a block away from my house. If I didn't open up to feel comfortable with myself, I don't think I would have had the power to go out and create the images I do today. And, Little Body Big Heart wouldn't exist.
I think back to the times in my life when I felt really emotional and how I can portray that in a way that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye but also felt in the heart. I’ve always loved freckles because people always see them as a flaw when someone’s face is covered in them. To me, I feel as if they're kisses from God, making you different from everyone else.
What/Who influences and inspires you?
Andrea Hübner and Caitlin Worthington.
Does your passion for music have something to do with your vision in photography?
Absolutely. I tell stories in my songwriting and it helps me create stories with my photographs.
If you could turn a song into a series of photographs, what song would that be and why?
Music Box by Regina Spektor, which is actually always been a work in progress. It is very melodic and interesting, has a unique tune, and it makes me feel like there are millions of stories within just 3 minutes of the song. I would love to do a life size music box with a ballerina as the little ballerina that spins.
What projects of yours should we look forward to?
You’ll have to stay tuned to find out! I love giving surprises!
Melanie Martinez started taking pictures when she was 13 years young. She is a self-taught photographer who uses both film and digital. While Melanie is gradually making a name in the music industry, we interviewed her about her other passion in life, that is conceptual, fashion, and portrait photography.
Your style on portrait photography radiates a different kind of light, something that’s equally nostalgic and refreshing. When/How did it strike you that you have a big heart for photography? How do you harmonize your emotions, interests, personality to capture your subjects’ best photographic features?
I always loved the idea of creative images. I'd always wish that I could take a photo with my eyes because I am able to create some sort of beauty in everything I see. I started taking pictures of flowers and the outdoors and normal things I'd see around me. I got really bored with the work that I was doing and I wanted to grow as an artist. I had crazy visuals in my head but I could never execute them because I felt like the things in my heart were holding me back. I was always so uncomfortable with my environment and wanted to be confident and feel beautiful.
Ever since I was little, I remember being really conscious about the gap in between my two front teeth. I started taking pictures of myself and it became a habit of never opening my mouth due to my insecurity. I wanted to get over it so badly that I ended up just taking photos from my open mouth down to my collar bones. This helped me become comfortable with who I am as an artist and as a human being. It helped me get over my insecurity and since then I've found a love for helping girls overcome their insecurities by photographing them in a beautiful way.
I always shoot subjects who are out of the norm. I use soft light to make it feel as if they're in a beautiful setting when, really, the places where I shoot are just a block away from my house. If I didn't open up to feel comfortable with myself, I don't think I would have had the power to go out and create the images I do today. And, Little Body Big Heart wouldn't exist.
I think back to the times in my life when I felt really emotional and how I can portray that in a way that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye but also felt in the heart. I’ve always loved freckles because people always see them as a flaw when someone’s face is covered in them. To me, I feel as if they're kisses from God, making you different from everyone else.
What/Who influences and inspires you?
Andrea Hübner and Caitlin Worthington.
Does your passion for music have something to do with your vision in photography?
Absolutely. I tell stories in my songwriting and it helps me create stories with my photographs.
If you could turn a song into a series of photographs, what song would that be and why?
Music Box by Regina Spektor, which is actually always been a work in progress. It is very melodic and interesting, has a unique tune, and it makes me feel like there are millions of stories within just 3 minutes of the song. I would love to do a life size music box with a ballerina as the little ballerina that spins.
What projects of yours should we look forward to?
You’ll have to stay tuned to find out! I love giving surprises!
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Born in the mid-80s, Erin Herøin is a marveller of non-sequitur writing, cinematic films, & analogue photography.
Before, she used to be an aspiring physician; now, she is a newbie bassist who has 5.50/5.00 eyes & black tattoos on her right arm.
She's the former chief editor of Lomography's international magazine, the founder of Whilst We Wait, & the author of Paranoirexia.
Today, she curates and directs Parallel Planets, an online publication on creatives worldwide.
She dwells in the Eastern border of Manila with her pet pussies.
Before, she used to be an aspiring physician; now, she is a newbie bassist who has 5.50/5.00 eyes & black tattoos on her right arm.
She's the former chief editor of Lomography's international magazine, the founder of Whilst We Wait, & the author of Paranoirexia.
Today, she curates and directs Parallel Planets, an online publication on creatives worldwide.
She dwells in the Eastern border of Manila with her pet pussies.
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