Martyn Goddard

Martyn studied photography at Harrow College of Art and after graduating in 1974 assisted leading Rock photographer Gered Mankowitz before launching his own freelance career with several assignments photographing rock legends 'Queen'. He became part of the New Wave music scene of the seventies, working with acts such as Blondie,The Jam, Sham 69 and The Cure to name a few. He has contributed or staged several photography exhibitions 'Blondie in Camera 1978 and The Jam 'About the Young Idea' 2015. In the late 1970's he was invited to contribute to the Telegraph Sunday Magazine where his first major assignment was to shoot a cover and feature photographs of Debbie Harry of 'Blondie' in New York. He went on to shoot great personalities of the music and arts world. In recent years he has moved to the digital platform becoming an active photo-blogger and content provider producing travel features and images for media groups in UK, Europe and the USA, in addition to cataloguing and presserving his extensive archive of rock bands,musicians and artists.