Martins images of airport runways and aprons appear as an abstract set of hieroglyphics – a landscape that requires decoding.
Edgar Martins has won several awards for his work including Portugal’s prestigious BES photography Award and a Jerwood Photography Prize. He was awarded a National Media Museum Bursary and second-place at the Terry O’Neil Award 2008. He was also recently nominated for the renown Prix Pictet. He has exhibited throughout Europe and the United States, including Museums such as PS1 MoMA, and has published several books, the most recent being Topologies, which was published by Aperture.