Fabian Martínez
by We Are Unima Admin
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Fabian is a photographer and visual artist based in Mexico City.
As a photographer, Fabian is known for his particular style, elegant, simple and often melancholic.
His work aims for versatility—he shoots a wide range of content that includes portraits, interiors, architecture, fashion, street, and documentary.
What inspired you to become a photographer? What captivated you about this art?
Finding my passion for photography was unplanned: Once I first crossed paths with it, I became obsessed from day one and have never turned back since.
I believe that what captivated me the most was the possibility to develop my abilities to observe, discover, and seek eye-catching moments, able to bring emotions from within.
Finding my passion for photography was unplanned: Once I first crossed paths with it, I became obsessed from day one and have never turned back since.
I believe that what captivated me the most was the possibility to develop my abilities to observe, discover, and seek eye-catching moments, able to bring emotions from within.
Which is the most groundbreaking project of your photographic career?
Professionally speaking, I had the opportunity to travel 12 days throughout India to document an architecture voyage with some of the best architects from Mexico.
This was an overwhelmingly inspiring journey that opened my eyes to an incredibly wide world that was unknown to me. This visit led me to find my passion, to which I wanted to dedicate 100% of my heart.
Professionally speaking, I had the opportunity to travel 12 days throughout India to document an architecture voyage with some of the best architects from Mexico.
This was an overwhelmingly inspiring journey that opened my eyes to an incredibly wide world that was unknown to me. This visit led me to find my passion, to which I wanted to dedicate 100% of my heart.
Which people have influenced your viewpoint of the world?
My greatest inspiration is Graciela Iturbide, of whom I have always been fond of. She was one of the first photographers I admired and looked upon to. I am especially impressed by the ability she showed when capturing various native peoples of Mexico several decades ago.
Recently, I had the honor of making a video about her work and legacy, which allowed me to spend a day with her. It was one of the best days of my life.
My greatest inspiration is Graciela Iturbide, of whom I have always been fond of. She was one of the first photographers I admired and looked upon to. I am especially impressed by the ability she showed when capturing various native peoples of Mexico several decades ago.
Recently, I had the honor of making a video about her work and legacy, which allowed me to spend a day with her. It was one of the best days of my life.
How did you start doing street photography?
Street life and people in general always caught my attention, but when I bought my Fujifilm it was when I began to develop that ability,
For me it's like therapy, going out for hours in a row with my hearing aids to look for moments and situations in the best possible light.
I still think that all my work has changed, I like to think that my work has a documentary touch.
Street life and people in general always caught my attention, but when I bought my Fujifilm it was when I began to develop that ability,
For me it's like therapy, going out for hours in a row with my hearing aids to look for moments and situations in the best possible light.
I still think that all my work has changed, I like to think that my work has a documentary touch.
What lenses do you use in your work?
The 2 lenses that I use the most are the 35mm and the 50mm, but if I had to keep one it would be the 35mm, it is the most versatile lens, with which I can do portraits, street, interiors, etc. I can tell a story.
The 2 lenses that I use the most are the 35mm and the 50mm, but if I had to keep one it would be the 35mm, it is the most versatile lens, with which I can do portraits, street, interiors, etc. I can tell a story.
What camera have you felt comfortable with and has it been a significant part of your work?
When I bought my Fujifilm x100f, I started to do something with that camera that I think all photographers should do, take a camera with you everywhere, I've had it for almost 5 years and I always take it with me, that has helped me improve my composition too.
When I bought my Fujifilm x100f, I started to do something with that camera that I think all photographers should do, take a camera with you everywhere, I've had it for almost 5 years and I always take it with me, that has helped me improve my composition too.
The tones in your work are very characteristic of your photographs. What is there in these tones that inspire you?
In my work you can mainly find the colors that I like, that you find in my house, in my clothes, in my things. They tend to be earth tones, ocher, very warm colors. I tend to avoid greens, blues, recently I realized that I have a type of color blindness that precisely these colors that I avoid, I don't recognize so well.
How did your relationship with photography really begin?
I found the photo on Instagram, I was about to leave high school and I wasn't so clear about what I wanted to study, I remember downloading the Instagram App and starting to play with it, and since that day I haven't stopped, that was in 2011.
I found the photo on Instagram, I was about to leave high school and I wasn't so clear about what I wanted to study, I remember downloading the Instagram App and starting to play with it, and since that day I haven't stopped, that was in 2011.
What books have marked your way of thinking and looking?
I think the book that changed me the most is Just Kids by Patti Smith, her story and Robert's inspired me a lot, it was thanks to this book that I was able to put into words things that I had been feeling all my life and it helped me a lot in my process to believe it as an artist.
I think the book that changed me the most is Just Kids by Patti Smith, her story and Robert's inspired me a lot, it was thanks to this book that I was able to put into words things that I had been feeling all my life and it helped me a lot in my process to believe it as an artist.