Pat Martin is an American photographer, based in Los Angeles.
[1] Martin grew up in Mar Vista near Venice Beach, West Los Angeles, California.
[2] His mother struggled with addiction throughout Martin's life.
[3] Knowing that she did not have long to live, from 2016 to 2018 he used portraiture to reconnect with her[3] before her death.
[4] That series, titled Goldie (Mother),[5] was described by Sean O'Hagan in The Observer as "searingly honest portraits that, even without the narrative behind them, have an emotional heft rare in contemporary photography.