MartinSotelano

A photographer specialising in models and burlesque for more than 40 years, now retired. From Argentina, living in Wales, UK.
My work has been published and guest-edited in several publications. Exhibiting and curating internationally, in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Spain and the UK.
Presenter and lecturer for over 20 years at several Universities and Colleges, such as Palermo University, Raggio College, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, among others. Founder of Camera Clubs in Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina). Curator at "The Post Office Art Centre" in Blaenavon, Wales. Published author.
My work is eclectic, and my interests range from travel locations to glamour. I am a member of a couple of reenactment groups, as an archer and musician, learning to play Hammered Dulcimer and Sackbut (an older trombone).
After many years working with film photography and evolving to digital techniques, I am now going back to the roots and shooting with techniques developed in 1851. I create tintypes and ambrotypes: unique, hand-crafted photographs on metal or glass, made with the same care and technique as in the 1800s. There’s a special beauty in this process, which has found new life as people seek something more lasting than today’s fleeting snapshots. Tintypes and ambrotypes are one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted photographs that you can actually hold in your hands. Their rich, imperfect beauty harks back to the 19th-century wet plate collodion process, giving each image a sense of history and intimacy. People are drawn to tintypes for the artistry involved and the way these images seem built to last for generations.

 

 

 

Exhibitions:

    De la Gorra Theatre, San Telmo, Buenos Aires – 1986
    Graphic Designers Buenos Aires Assoc.- 1993
    Sisgraph 99 Digital Art Exhibition – 1999
    Digital Glamour Professional Argentine Photographers
    5º Salón Mercosur of Sacred Art “Padre Castañeda” 2000, (Digital Art Price)
    Expo Sensual – Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005
    Sexpoerotica – Córdoba, Argentina 2006
    Girona Theatre – Buenos Aires, Argentina 2007
    A Fetish Night – Glastonbury, UK 2008
    Fuuck, Photography Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011
    VII Cultural Festival, 3D Museum Regional Art, Mexico DF, Mexico 2011
    Fuuck, Photography Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012
    Salón Arcano, Inescrutable Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012
    Occulture Festival, Brighton, England 2012
    Pan Summer Festival of Erotica – Glastonbury, UK 2013
    Salón Arcano – Buenos Aires, Argentina 2016
    Risca Library – Risca, UK 2017
    Art on the Hill – Newport, UK 2018
    Risca Library – Risca, UK 2018
    Blaenavon Heritage Centre – Blaenavon, UK 2019
    Risca Library – Risca, UK 2019 and more