Capturing The Other Side-
The People's Photographer
Martin Puddy
Myanmar, Bagan, Buddhist monk standing on
temple top at dawn.
M
a r t i n
Puddy
is an award-
winning travel
photographer, who was born and raised in
Somerset, England. With a flair for ‘capturing
people’s real life in a personal way’, he intends
to use his photography to take the audience
to a dreamscape. Through his photographic
journey, Martin has travelled over 20
countries and clocked up nearly 12 years of
shooting Asia.
He specializes in capturing the astonishing
diversity and different cultures of Asia. His
work has been featured in many international
publications including National Geographic,
The Guardian, The Financial Times, The
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Telegraph, Geo Magazine, Newsweek,
American Scientific, etc. His images have
been used by corporate clients such as
Virgin Airlines, Emirates, Skywards, and
British Airways. He is represented by Getty
Images, Corbis, Asia Images, Stocksy,
Offset and Axiom Photographic Agency.
SHREEJA CHATTERJEE from Chiiz gets in
conversation with him about his travels in
Asia, documenting the monks of Angkor Wat. using kodachrome slide film and Nikon
SLR cameras. During that 7 month trip, I
experimented with taking travel photos. I
had aspirations to travel Africa, Asia and also
South America, I was never so attracted by
the western world. I guess it was the different
cultures so far away from my own which
attracted me to these far off places which I had
seen in National Geographic magazines and
which I religiously collected and treasured.
Why did you choose to cover this part of the
world (Asia) through your photography? Is
there any specific reason or was it just where
life might have led you? Anyhow, after returning from Africa with a
real taste of adventure, I worked in England
for a year or so and then set off on my first
long haul trip to Asia for 14 months. By then,
I was using medium format film cameras and
slowly advancing my photography skills.
My first extensive travels took me to southern
africa at the age of 19. By then, I was already