We had the good fortune of connecting with Robin Martin and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Robin, can you talk to us a bit about the social impact of your business?
What is the number one thing that people think of when they think of that handful of things they would try to retrieve from a burning home? Photographs. That’s because photographs are irreplaceable. They are precious moments in time that cannot be brought back. They are packed with memories and invoke the most intimate emotions.

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Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I started getting into photography after losing a friend in high school. I realized that I didn’t have any photographs of that person to remember them by. From that moment forward, I wasn’t without my 110 camera. I spent so much time and money on 24 photo developing! Then I was introduced to the world of digital photography and I fell in love. Ever since I got my first digital camera back in 2007 I have had a camera in my hand. Whether it is photographing my own family and our most cherished events or being part of the photography for activism, social justice and other important causes – it is the work that I love and the most rewarding thing in my life (aside from being a mother). I am self-taught as a photographer. I learned most of my photography skills photographing myself for a meager fashion blog that I had from 2012 – 2018.

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Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We would start with having coffee at Feel Love coffee shop up in Loveland. Then we would wander down the street to take a stroll around all of the shops downtown. We would head out west a bit to the Blue Stone store off of 34 on our way up to Estes Park. We would have to have dinner down in downtown Longmont at Flavor of India and have margs down at Jefe’s. They wouldn’t be able to leave town without a stop at the Cheese Importers in Longmont – they have it all. And, of course, we would have to hit up all the good thrift stores including ARC in Greeley and the Goodwills in Boulder and in Denver off of Leetsdale.

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Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I have been humbled to work with R&R Vision with a lot of amazing photography opportunities that help to bring light and love to underrepresented communities.

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Woman wearing sunglasses and a colorful off-shoulder top, holding a large fan outdoors with trees in background.

Child drawing on a wall with colorful paint and graffiti, sitting on a blue tarp.

A dancer performs a pose with one leg raised and arms extended, on a stage with a plain background.

Two dancers mid-performance, one in a split leap and the other in a leap with arms raised, against a pink background.

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Image Credits
Humanize Podcast; NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award; Waladi Ali; Colorado Denver Arts Festival

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