M.Martinez
using photography to transform ideas of possibility. Encouraging people to live boldly and authentically. For people To love themselves fully and without judgment.
"Confidence Is..." Poster
"Confidence Is...", is a photographic essay that shares how everyday people express, experience, and embody confidence. Volume 1 of the series creates unique perspectives of what confidence looks like while challenging traditional ideas associated around gender, race, body image, and age. The themes around each set were guided by the individuals featured and created with the help of several Portland Makeup Artists.
The 11x17 poster is a compilation of the 12 different expressions explored in Volume 1. The framed poster on display is 1 of 20.
"Confidence Is..." 11x17 Poster $15
"Confidence Is Power"
"Confidence Is Power", features DeVita LaChelle and her daughter Brookelyn celebrating their divinity as Black Women. DeVita is a natural hair care educator and braider, she understands firsthand the impact hair has on how women see themselves and how they are judged because of it. For her, being confidence means having power. Power to own who you are, where you come from, what you believe, and most of all what makes you unique.
The single image of Brookelyn was used for the main cover of the magazine and is also available in a limited-edition poster.
"May we be Black Queens, and may we raise Black Queens confidently" - DeVita LaChelle
"Confidence Is, Power" 10x20 Metal Print $125
"Confidence Is, The Power To Create"
"Confidence Is, The Power to Create", features Cecelia Meraki. Cecelia is a complex creator who uses art to challenge preconceptions of women while reflecting on her own life experiences as a lesbian. She finds confidence in her strength, skill, and self-expression.
Images from this set were used for a limited-edition magazine cover, card, and poster.
"Confidence Is, The Power To Create" 10x20 Metal Print $125
Limited Edition Collage
I believe that the way people are presented in movies and images influence how we view ourselves, others, and what is socially acceptable. "Confidence Is..." explores a nearly universal feeling by visually presenting ways in which confidence is expressed, experienced, and embodied by everyday people. By centering the experiences of Queer, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color the collection twists social expectations around gender, age, body image, and identity by providing different narratives around who or what might be associated with confidence. The themes in each set came from those being photographed and were made possible through collaboration.
The framed 24x36 poster is a compilation of the 11 of the different expressions explored in Volume 1. It was the official preview of the series at the Pancakes and Booze Art show in, Seattle 2021 and is a 1 of 1.
*Own The Poster
Confidence Is Poster Framed 24x36 - $250
"Confidence Is, Good Clean Dirt"
"Confidence Is, Good Clean Dirt", features Stabby, a 50-year-old queer, neurodivergent and non-binary who describes their confidence as a feral goblin. By escaping the pressures of capitalism and living a simpler life, they've found a new sense of confidence in mastering life on the homestead.
Images from this set were used for a limited-edition magazine cover, card, and poster.
"Confidence Is, Good Clean Dirt" 20x10 Metal Print $125
"Confidence Is, Antifascism Everyday"
"Confidence Is, ANTIFASCISM EVERYDAY", features Kannon, a self described radical leftist who was adopted from Korea. They break the binary by being unapologetic about who they are, how they live their life, while fighting and advocating for the rights of others. They believe that being able to live as our true selves is radical and that embracing who we are, and being able to show it or be it, despite what the world expects takes confidence. Kannon challenges the things that traditional American society views as wrong, weak, or not of value and uses them as a source of their confidence. Living authentically is a form of action, and being antifascist everyday means taking radical action, even if that action is self care.
Images from this set were used for a limited-edition magazine cover, card, and poster.
"Confidence Is, ANTIFA Everyday " 10x20 Metal Print $125
*Available for pickup AFTER the show closes