Double Exposure
by Martin Agius
'This is an ongoing project that I started in 2020. The Project is combining one image from Malta and one image from London into one Double Exposure photo. Doing a double exposure is not an easy task to do and combining images from Malta and London is harder but that is the fun of it and it feels more rewarding. This also forms part of my Street Photography ongoing project called City Life.'
Martin Agius is a photojournalist and a street photographer.
He was born in Malta in 1966 and from a young age took an interest in photography with the only available medium at the time which was the camera film. In 2008 he decided to take his photography to another level: he enrolled for courses organised by the local photographic societies.
In July 2009, soon after passing an accredited course in photography, Martin was appointed the Official Photographer for the Armed Forces of Malta. On retiring from the Armed Forces of Malta in 2010, he began his career as a freelance photographer and as a photojournalist for a leading newspaper owned by Media.Link Communications Co Ltd. In the same year, he was also asked to be the Official Photographer for ‘Gladiators Fight Night’ (a sports activity with local and foreign participants) a role he still has till today.
In 2012 he obtained an Associateship with the Malta Institute of the Professional Photography (MIPP) and subsequently abroad with the Societies’ Photographic Society in the United Kingdom (SWPP). The panel he presented for these qualifications where in the Fashion & Glamour genre.
2013 brought about a new experience for Martin: he was asked to judge a number of local and overseas competitions as well as qualification panels. These included the SWPP ‘s 20 x 16 Print Competition hosted in the United Kingdom.
Martin has been organising Street Photography workshops since 2015. He also lectures locally on Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Martin has notched several Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in the Societies Monthly Competition (SWPP). He was also awarded the Societies prestigious UK Press & News Photographer of the Year.
In November 2016 he organised his first solo exhibition called ‘Malta Street Life’. He also has had his works exhibited in Egypt, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, and in 2020 Japan.
