The Won West by Michael Grace-Martin: eBook now Available for Purchase

25 Friday May 2012

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The Won West

by Michael Grace-Martin

In August, 2011, Michael Grace-Martin took during a road trip with his family through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota for approximately 2.5 weeks. He found the light, colors, architecture, and terrain to be very different than those found in Upstate New York where he and his family live.

This trip got him thinking about that epic American film, “How the West Was Won” which follows four generations of a family that moved westward from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. Since “winning” the West, what have we done with it?

This book showcases his photographic journey through the “Won West”.

“Going through this book is like sipping a fine wine aged to perfection.” — reviewer

(There are 152 high-resolution color, black & white, and sepia photos featured in this book.)

See a low resolution preview of the ebook below (without the captions that are in the ebook):

The eBook is available in PDF format for $6.00.

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Sarah Ellis by Michael Grace-Martin

04 Sunday Mar 2012

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Sarah Ellis 2009 by Michael Grace-Martin

Back in late October of 2009, I did a fine art nude photo session with semi-famous fine art nude model Sarah Ellis. Sarah has posed for many photographers–famous (including people like Renée Jacobs and Terry Richardson) and not famous.

Our session went 3 hours, and in addition to shooting stills for those 3 hours, I also had a videographer shooting along side me.

Sarah Ellis (not her real name) was a joy to work with and very professional. I hope to work with her again someday, but it has become quite a bit more difficult since she moved away from Upstate New York out to Seattle, Washington.

Sarah Ellis Video

I’ve only posted a few short clips (just over a minute each) of that 3 hours of video at my YouTube channel. However, I’m offering one longer uncut version of a session we did in one of the bedrooms. It is approximately 21.5 minutes long and you will see and hear me and Sarah talking about different poses, angles, lighting, etcetera.

The video is a large (over 500 megabytes) 854×480 resolution digital file in .MP4 format–a video format that plays on most computers and devices. You can download and play it on your computer for $6.00. or “rent” and watch it for 30 days for just $3.00.
Sarah Ellis Photo Session: Video #4

Buy & Download for $6 or Rent for $3:

Buy or Rent this Video

Sarah Ellis Photo Prints

Want a more “physical” likeness of Sarah? I’ve chosen 15 of the most popular prints from the photo session and printed them as 15 full-bleed, gelatin sliver (professional Kodak) 4″x6″ prints and put them into their own convenient 4×6 clamshell box. You can open the box and slowly look through the stack of prints–much like you would with a high-quality photo book–for enjoyment, inspiration, and provocation at your own leisurely pace. I will ship anywhere in the US.

Here are thumbnails of the 15 photo prints (click to see larger):

Fifteen 4″x6″ Photo Prints in Clamshell Box: $29.95

Buy Box of Prints

Sarah Ellis eBook

If you would like to see the photos we got in book form, you can purchase an ebook containing the best 72 photos from the session as awesome high-quality images for just $6.00. You won’t be disappointed, I promise. Here is a low-resolution video preview of the eBook: