Fine Art

Miami Pastels

Photographer Martin Brent shot art deco buildings in Miami, Florida.

Martin Brent photographed Miami South Beach’s Art Deco district, which contains 950 historic buildings in the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival and Miami Modern style. To honour the buildings as they once were, he also incorporates indicators of contemporary life in his photographs. The distinct pastel colours are emphasised by Brent giving the works a timeless quality and a feel of Art Deco illustrations and publications of the time.

The photographer explains, “The images are my reaction to seeing the buildings as individual survivors of the era.” He describes how he found the district run down and cracking at the edges. With Miami’s changing reputation, these buildings memorialise a bygone era.

Brent uses traditional and digital lens based media to question the notions of space, belonging and ownership; his current work is focused on identity in the context of the nation state, exploring borders and alternative historical timelines.

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The photographer

Martin Brent

Martin is an advertising and fine art photographer working out of London, Amsterdam and New York. When not shooting on assignment, photography is still his hobby.

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