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Edgar Martins

There is an absence of vital signs and a sense of the uncanny that permeates the silence of these photographs. The scenes seem to have an uneasy absence, as if a black hole has manifested near by causing traces and signs of life to be consumed. The sun has been replaced by a mysterious source of lighting, pushing back the blackness of the night. All signs that symbolise the ambience of a holiday beach are missing.

BIO
Portuguese by birth, Edgar Martins grew up in Macau, China, where he published his first novel entitled 'Mäe, deixa-me fazer o pino'. In 1996 he moved to the UK, where he later completed an MA in Photography and Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited extensively throughout Asia, America and Europe and has received numerous awards for his photographic and literary work.

For more information on Edgar Martins  http://www.edgarmartins.com/