Lecturer’s photos on the Great Lego Spill featured in The New York Times
27 September 2024
Marine and Natural History Photography BA lecturer Guy Martin has had his images featured in one of the biggest American newspapers, The New York Times.
The story, written by Aimee Ortiz for the The New York Times, focuses on a cargo ship that lost five million pieces of Lego in 1997, around 10 miles off Land’s End. Twenty-seven years on from the incident, Lego pieces such as dragons, octopuses and flippers are still washing up on Cornish beaches, particularly after stormy weather.
Guy’s images of the washed-up pieces, alongside documentary shots of those still clearing up after the disaster, were featured in the article on September 1st.
His colleague, course leader Jo Bradford, also acted as lighting tech on the shoot. Using her expertise in darkroom chemistry, Jo created a number of unique prints from the ocean plastics collected on the day.
About Guy Martin
Guy became an associate lecturer at Falmouth University in 2011. He originally studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, before going on to develop an interest in global regions undergoing periods of transition. He went on to pursue projects on the Iraq-Turkey border, Southern Russia, the Middle East, and North Africa, all of which were subjects of political and military unrest.
Guy's work has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Der Spiegel, D Magazine, FADER Magazine, Monocle Magazine, Huck Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, and many more.
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