Johnny Martyr

Johnny Martyr B&W Film Photojournalist - handcrafting timeless images of important events since 2001 He has been a freelance author for Petapixel since 2018.

Johnny Martyr, of Martyr & Lee Photography, LLC, is an East Coast photojournalist who specializes in handcrafted black & white lifestyle images on 35mm film. He is formally educated & has been photographing important events & special occasions for high-profile clients for more than two decades. Book him via email to document your upcoming wedding, concert, or other appearance. You can also hire hi

m to just hang out & photograph you doing what makes you unique & awesome! Johnny's authentic analog style will make your photographs as enduring as they will be honest & distinct. Johnny's reductive realist photography can be found in periodicals such as Marie Claire, HuffPost, TED & Buzzfeed; on the gallery walls of ArtistAngle & The Delaplaine; as well as the social media of Kodak Professional. He studied Film, Video & Theatre at Villa Julie College from 1999 to 2002 & was a wedding photographer with Bradley Images Photo & Video from 2001 to 2004. Martyr took commercial production stills & covered news events for Erickson Living from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he teamed up with Stephanie Lee to form Martyr & Lee Photography, LLC. Martyr has photographed politicians including Bill & Hillary Clinton; musicians Veruca Salt & comedian Nikki Glaser

When he’s not shooting, Johnny Martyr collects Night of the Living Dead trading cards. He also enjoys drinking craft beer or absinthe while listening to alternative, Britpop & grunge music.

Voigtländer Vitessa – A Beautifully Ridiculous CameraA users review of a quirky German 35mm folding rangefinder camera.....
09/01/2026

Voigtländer Vitessa – A Beautifully Ridiculous Camera

A users review of a quirky German 35mm folding rangefinder camera...

A users review of a quirky German 35mm folding rangefinder camera

Facebook is kneecapping writers and our audiences!I regularly share my blog and article links here with you.  Doing so d...
08/31/2026

Facebook is kneecapping writers and our audiences!

I regularly share my blog and article links here with you. Doing so drives readers to my blog site, associate sites and often generates fun and lively discussions, right here on Facebook.

I make just enough money from my blog page for it to pay for itself. And unless I’m writing for Petapixel or a larger publisher, I am not paid for my work.

I share my writing in order to provide, useful information and motivating anecdotes to the film photography community. Not to get rich, not even to earn a profit. Frankly, it’s bad business on my part. It’s a passion project and a sidecar to my photo business.

But now, if I want to post more than just TWO LINKS PER MONTH, I need to pay about triple my income from Meta and Wordpress combined.

Upgrading my account as they are requiring would drain my already strained finances as a working artist. Not upgrading limits my reach exponentially by not feeding the algorithms.

***This is how you can help me, help the film community!***

If you haven’t already, please subscribe to my blog!

And when you are subscribed, please make your comments on the actual blogs. Or consider sharing my links on your non-business FB and IG accounts.

Let’s work to keep traffic and engagement on Wordpress and not give in to Meta’s outlandish demands.

Thanks to everyone who reads, comments, likes, disagrees and shares my work! I could do all this without you, but man would it be lonely! Haha 🤓

Still haven’t booked a photographer for your 2026 wedding?  I’ve got you covered!  Real moments.Real film.
08/30/2026

Still haven’t booked a photographer for your 2026 wedding?

I’ve got you covered!

Real moments.

Real film.

You'd better get out & shoot some film this weekend!  😂Happy Friday, guys!
08/28/2026

You'd better get out & shoot some film this weekend! 😂

Happy Friday, guys!

08/26/2026

Don’t just overexpose your film because an influencer says to. Exposure is a creative decision for each scene & each photographer.

An Affordable & Stylish Square Lens Hood For Voigtländer 35mm & 40mm Nokton LensesPhotographers are increasingly interes...
08/25/2026

An Affordable & Stylish Square Lens Hood For Voigtländer 35mm & 40mm Nokton Lenses

Photographers are increasingly interested in aesthetically pleasing yet functional lens hoods, especially square designs....

Sometimes you just look down and there's a photo!M6TTL 40NOKTON TRIX400
08/23/2026

Sometimes you just look down and there's a photo!

M6TTL 40NOKTON TRIX400

Huge shout-out to The Darkroom!  I develop all my b&w at home but when I shoot C41 or E6, I trust it with The Darkroom.T...
08/21/2026

Huge shout-out to The Darkroom!

I develop all my b&w at home but when I shoot C41 or E6, I trust it with The Darkroom.

The negatives are always perfectly dense and super clean. The scans are always sharp and accurately colored.

Thanks guys! 👏👏👏

M6TTL 40NOKTON TRIX400

08/20/2026

Constantly working…

All the mechanical parking meters in Downtown Frederick, MD have been replaced with stubby ugly QR kiosks.  City planner...
08/19/2026

All the mechanical parking meters in Downtown Frederick, MD have been replaced with stubby ugly QR kiosks.

City planners obviously didn’t consider the affect on local street photographers 😅

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Kodak Tri-X | Kodak HC110b

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