"Renowned British photographer Vicky Martin is a luminary in the realm of conceptual portraiture [...] At the heart of her work lies a profound fascination with the female experience - a fascination that has driven her to push the boundaries of artistic expression and challange the status quo." FotoNostrum Magazine Issue No.37

Vicky Martin is an award-winning British photographer with a background in art and design. At the heart of her artistic vision lies a profound fascination with the multifaceted female experience. Examining what it means to be a woman inherently necessitates challenging the myriad preconceived notions of female identity shaped through cultural expectations and social norms. She is acclaimed for her conceptual portraits that navigate femininity through fantastical worlds.

Vicky intertwines her created characters with staged realities, seeking to convey the tensions and conflicts found within the self. Using the lens of strong female characters, she explores such themes of conflict, including: conformity to stereotypical, societal expectations of femininity, rebellion against traditional female roles, vulnerability, self-doubt, courage, and tenacity. Whilst all her works contribute to the narrative framework developed across her series', they also each depict an element of ambiguity that the viewer is invited to interpret in relation to themselves and their unique perception of the world.

She has been widely published and exhibited nationally and internationally, from Europe to the USA in solo and group shows and her work continues to garner many awards and nominations which include Americana Photo Awards 2026 Winner Fine Art & Americana Photographer of the Year 2nd Place, AH Magazine Artist Award Winner 2026, Refocus Color Awards 2024 Winner Fashion & Beauty, Minimalist Photography Awards Portrait Photographer of The Year 2020, Chromatic Awards 2018 Winner Beauty and Fashion, All About Photo Magazine Colors 2018 Winner, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2018 Winner Fine Art Single Image, and Fine Art Photography Awards 2016 Winner Fine Art Series.