I’m Martin. I’m a photographer and writer in St. Louis, Missouri.
If you want to hire me, I will fly anywhere in the world to take pictures. E-mail me at totland.martin@gmail.com.
I have a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley (2016), and a bachelor's degree in filmmaking from Pace University (2012).
I've done a lot of strange and varied work through the years.
I was a communications advisor for Norway's most prominent classical music and theater festival, an editor for a failing photo agency in San Francisco, and a video editor at an extreme sports festival in Norway. I was a crime reporter during grad school, and then a clickbait writer for a travel startup in San Francisco. I've been a social media manager (and bouncer) for several bars and nightclubs, and a photography assistant for a renowned underwater photographer in Mozambique, which led to underwater videography and video editing in Thailand. I've searched for rhino poachers in Mozambique with South African anti-poaching rangers, and I've worked in a call center for a photo printing company. I've interviewed stand-up comedians, police commissioners, and registered sex offenders. I've won awards for my writing and photography, and I've gotten hate mail and threats for it, too.
If you want to give me a chance to win more awards or get more hate mail, you can reach me at: totland.martin@gmail.com
Some clients include:
Edelman/PayPal
Trinity Properties
CBS Man Cave Daily
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
SAPIO Magazine
Pacific Center
ONA Bags
SF Iron
Roads & Kingdoms
Bergens Tidende (Times of Bergen - local Norwegian newspaper)
and many others.