SUNDAY 26 | NOVEMBER 2017 STILLNESS

hesitant as he was working with a new photographer, and my lighting style was new to him. Overall, we worked well together. It was also memorable as one of my first-ever goals starting out was to shoot a cover for GQ and now there it was, published and sitting on my desk,” recalls Martin whose creative cauldron is brimming, PeeCee, Donald Trump, Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Salman Khan, intuitive shots at the Pushkar Mela, etc all on www.martinprihoda.com.

He also has a charitable and social side — working with NGOs, charcoal factory workers in Dubai, Child Reach, with SOS Children’s Villages in Nepal… he is always searching for a muse.

Martin lives in Goa with his wife and two children. And Red Earth Productions is seaming with a robust body of work. “I am doing a photo-journal as I love human interest photography,” he says, which is evident in the starkness and almost multi-dimensional essence to his photographs, “more dramatic, with camera and strobe lighting and an in-depth focus on the subject,” he explains.

While he practices Akhanda Yoga, his wife Tonia teaches Vinyasa and Kundalini. “I want to keep the consciousness of the human race elevated with my work,” he jests, half-serious, half-joking.

Martin is working on Desolation Series, a personal project. In today’s smart photographer scenario, he feels artistry needs to be honed, “Everybody can write a letter, but they are all not J.D. Salingers or Hemingways, creativity is developing a style and vision.” A skiing vacay for Xmas, and summers in Canada’s outdoors is what the Prihoda family love. With lots of clicks, of course.