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What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase will be presented at the Macau Museum of Art, Macau (China).

Solo exhibition of What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase @ Geneva Photography Centre (Switzerland).

What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase, winner of the Portrait  of Humanity Photography Prize, launched by the British Journal of Photography, is exhibited at Indian Photo Festival (India).

Works from the series The Time Machine & This is not a House in the exhibition, ENSAIO PARA UMA COMUNIDADE: Retrato de uma coleção em construção, (take 1), MAAT (Espaço Central Tejo), curated by Paulo Mendes.

What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase is the series winner at the Portrait  of Humanity Photography Prize, launched by the British Journal of Photography.

Works awarded the European Photography Call to be presented at PhotoBrussels Festival:  The World Within, Hangar Centre, Brussels, Belgium.

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What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty is selected in the 2020 PHmuseum Best PhotoBook of The Year List.

Delpire & Co. is pleased to announce on on Sat 5th Dec 5pm CET and Sund 6th Dec, a series of talks on photobooks with Edgar Martins, Gloria Oyarzabal, Soumya Sankarbose, June Canedo & Sarah Meister, photography curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York), in the context of the Aperture & Paris Photo Photobook Awards. These conversations are free and will be held in English.

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Arte em São Bento 2020, works from the Coleção Fernando Figueiredo, São Bento (Residency of the Portuguese Prime-Minister), curated by João Silvério & Ana Anacleto, Lisbon, Residência Oficial do Primeiro-Ministro - Palacete de São Bento.

Edgar Martins selected as one of the Lauréates of the PhotoBrussels Festival Call for European Photography. The nominated works will be on display at the 5th edition of the PhotoBrussels Festival from the 20th Nov 2020 - 23.01.2020.

The exhibition What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase at Galeria Filomena Soares is nominated best photographic project at SPA Prémio Autores 2020, Portugal.

CIVILIZATION: The Way we Live now, an exhibiting curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Time Machine and 00:00.00 to be exhibited at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tãmaki, Auckland

What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase @ Galeria Filomena Soares (Portugal).

Works from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes will feature in the exhibition  The Truth in Disguise at GESTE Paris.

CIVILIZATION: The Way we Live now, an exhibiting curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Time Machine and 00:00.00 to be exhibited at Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne & Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland

Destinerrance will be presented @ 3 Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing.

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What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase, a new book by Edgar Martins to be launched @ Photo London 2019.

LensCulture is proud to present Beyond Boundaries, an expansive exhibition of recent discoveries in contemporary photography. Curated in part by leading editors, curators, thought leaders, and artists, Beyond Boundaries is an inclusive group show that doubles as both a celebration and a survey of global image making today. With seventy-seven participating photographers hailing from over twenty-seven countries, this exhibition is a visual reflection of the beating hearts and curious minds of LensCulture’s vibrant community.

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Works from the series The Time Machine: An Incomplete & Semi-Objective Survey of Hydro-Power Stations will be included in the group show Fiction and Fabrication @ MAAT, Lisbon.Fiction and Fabrication is intended to depict the emergence of photographic practices that, either arising from the field visual arts or the post-Photoshop condition, have introduced a disturbance in the ways architecture is represented and made part of a wider contemporary visual culture. Ranging from depictions of real conditions that become stranger than fiction, to fictional construction made for and through the photographic image, the show will get together a fascinating array of contemporary work.

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CIVILIZATION: The Way we Live now, an exhibiting curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Time Machine and 00:00.00 to be exhibited at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.

CIVILIZATION: The Way we Live now, an exhibiting curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Time Machine and 00:00.00 to be launched at New Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.

Destinerrance will be presented at Purdy Hicks Gallery.

The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite included in the 2nd Beijing Media Art Biennale (BMAB) @ CAFA Art Museum, Beijing.

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What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase is awarded one of the top 3 prizes in Lens Culture Art Photography Awards.

The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, to be presented at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester, UK).  

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Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death Life and Other Interludes awarded 1st prize in the Still Life Category of the SONY World Photography Awards .

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Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes voted one of the best books of the year by 1000words magazine. 

Launch of Destinerrance: The Place of the Dead is the Place of Photography @ Paris Photo 2017. This publication is published by CIAJG & The Moth House. More news to follow.

Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death Life and Other Interludes will be presentes at the inaugural edition of  Photo Oxford 2017, from 8 -24 September (Kendrew Barg Gallery, St. John's College, St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP).

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Edgar Martins to speak at The State of Photography II: Symposium, an initiative by Grain Photography @ Birmingham City University.

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This symposium will present and discuss documentary practices that involve new forms of storytelling in photography and film.Presentations by artists Brett Story and Edgar Martins will focus on the use and representation of physical space as a means of constructing social and epistemic order. The symposium will explore thematic links in the work of both practitioners in their varied encounters with cultural politics, science and the geographic imagination.  

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Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes has been selected for the Photo España 2017 Photobook Prize exhibition at the Spanish National Library, Madrid, from 13 May - 27 August 2017.  Prize results will be announced on June 15.

The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite has been selected for Format 2017 due to take place between 24 March and 23 April 2017 (Derby, UK).

Works from This is not a House, The Rate of Convergence of Two Opposing System Trajectories and A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings will integrate the group exhibition 'Este lugar lembra-te algum sítio?', curated by Miguel Sousa Ribeira at Círculo das Artes Plásticas Coimbra.

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Group show Da Fuga e do Encontro: Inversões do Olhar, curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues opens at Espaço Novo Banco, Lisbon. 

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Images from the series This is not a House, A Metaphysical Survery of British Dwellings and Reluctant Monoliths will integrate the group show O Estado da Arte com a Arquitectura, Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura (CAAA), charted by Miguel Sousa Ribeiro and Susana Rosmaninho at Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura (CAAA), Guimarães, Portugal.

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Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death and Life & Other Interludes at Museu da Electricidade/MAAT, Lisbon. More news to follow.

Strange Fruit: Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death and Life will be presented at Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool) from January-March 2016. More news to follow.

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Due in November 2015, this new book published by The Moth House documents an 18-month long collaboration which I undertook with the BMW Group surveying the fabrication, tooling and assembly of the modern era automobile vehicle. Whilst the project focuses solely on BMW's plant and R&D centers in and around Munich (Germany), it also looks beyond the mere referent, representing therefore a point of resistance.

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Conceived around the simple premise of 'slowing down time',  this project undertakes an examination and articulation of the world of flux and flow that we live in, a world defined, haunted and consumed by mobility and transience. Symptomatically titled 0:00.00, this series was produced with long exposures of 5 - 45mins. Photographing with prolonged exposures in a fast moving environment represented a significant challenge, thus requiring a great deal of coordination and support from BMW. All the images were therefore produced during scheduled and enforced production breaks. 0:00.00 represents the final phase of an overarching project which has engaged with environments as varied as airports (When Light Casts no Shadow 2008), hydropwer plants (The Time Machine, 2012) and space facilities (The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, 2014) and whose main goal has been to examine and re-evaluate our relationship with technology and industry and its impact on our social and cultural consciousness. To place an advanced order, please contact The Moth House.

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Launch of The Wayward Line at Châeau de Gruyères (Switzwerland) as part of the Alt+ 1000 Festival de Photographie.

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Private-view of The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ The Wolverhampton Art Gallery (UK) and talk hosted by Edgar Martins and ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy. Exhibition will be on display from 07.02.2015 - 02.05.2015.

My collection / TERRADA, featuring images from The Time Machine @ T-Art Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Daisuke Miyatsu.

Private-view of a concise exhibition of works from the series The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Melanie Rio Gallery Paris, 19:00.

Private-view of The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Sala da Cidade (Museu Municipal de Coimbra), from 18:30 - 19:30.

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Edgar Martins and exhibition curator Leonor Nazaré give a guided tour of The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Fundação Calouste Gulbennkian, Lisbon, 17H00.

Private-view of The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ Fundação Calouste Gulbennkian, Lisbon.

Edgar Martins in Conversation with ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy and Senior Curator of Photographs at the V&A, Martin Barnes, 19H00-20H00 at The Wapping Project Bankside. Event is free to attend but booking is essential.

Edgar Martins contributes a guest post to super-collider.com .

Private-view of The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite @ The Wapping Project Bankside.

Hot off the press: The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, a new book by Edgar Martins, is published by La Fabrica/The Moth House.

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Produced between 2012 and 2014 with the European Space Agency, this project represents the most comprehensive survey ever assembled about a modern day scientific and space exploration organisation.The projects engages with ESA and its partners’ programs , whilst also reflecting on the new politics of space exploration as well as the impact of this kind of technological application on our social consciousness. If you would like to acquire this book, please click here. Orders will be shipped at the end of April.

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Talk entitled The Rehearsal of Space scheduled to take place at The University of Northampton, from 1100-1300.

The Rehearsal of Space is featured in O Actual/O Expresso (Portugal).

Edgar Martins is interviewed by Patrícia Alves, Ponto Final (Macau, China).

The Rehearsal of Space is featured in Internazionale.it .

The Rehearsal of Space is featured in fastcodesign.com @ fastcompany.com .

The Rehearsal of Space is featured in Behold, The Photo Blog of online magazine Slate.

The Time Machine is featured in Photobookshow Malmö, Sweden.

The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite featured in The Guardian.

The Wapping Project Bankside has partnered with Mallett, the renowned antique furniture dealers, to present a unique and original hang of contemporary photographic work. It's an exceptional synergy of classic and contemporary.

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The showrooms are set over four floors of a classical townhouse, which was built as the London palace for the Bishop of Ely in 1772 and remained the Episcopal residence until 1909. The Bishop employed Robert Taylor to draw up the designs for the building, a renowned neo-classical architect famed for the figure of ‘the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, amongst other designs. Ely House, with its historical importance and exceptional interiors, is the ideal setting for this unique collaboration.

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The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite is previewed @ Paris Photo (14-17th Nov, Melanie Rio Gallery booth).

Talk and guided tour of exhibition @ Photofusion, London, from 3-4pm.

The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite previewed @ Unseen Art Fair Amsterdam (26-29th Sept, The Wapping Project Bankside booth), as well as Paris Photo (14th-17th Nov, Melanie Rio Gallery booth).

The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite previewed @ ArtRio (5-8th Sept, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea booth K2).

Edgar Martins in conversation with Unseen Art Fair.

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Talk @ Carmignac entitled The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, 12:15 PM.

Private-view of Why not live for Art scheduled to take place at Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Japan.

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Talk at Futurelab entitled The Rehearsal of Space & The Poetic Impossibility of Manage the Inifinite.

Talk at Publishing Week Symposium, Diffusion Festival, Chapter House, Cardiff, 11:45am.

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Private-view of Landmark: the Fields of Photography (group show) @ Sommerset House, London.

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Private-view of This is not a House @ The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.

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Edgar Martins @ Miami Basel, with Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art (Lisbon).

Private-view of Intersections: Art & Science (group show) @ The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot (Israel).

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Private view of Square Up, Esposizione di fotografia contemporanea (group show) @ Atelier dell'Arco Amoroso, Ancona, Piazza del Plebiscito, Acona (Italy).

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Filming for documentary titled Entre Imagens, scheduled to be launched in 2014. For a trailer of the documentary, please click here.

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Private view of The Time Machine: An Incomplete & Semi-Objective Survey of Hydropower Stations @ Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança (Portugal).

Interview featured in Câmara Clara (RTP). For more information please click here.

Private view of 'Camp Out: Finding Home in an Unstable World' (group show) @ Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, USA.

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This is not a House reviewed in Aesthetica Magazine, by Ruby Beesley. To read the article please click here.

Private-view of This is not a House @ The Wapping Project Bankside (London).

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Private-view of Arte Portuguesa do Século XX 1960 - 2010 (group show) @ Museu do Chiado, Lisbon.

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The Time Machine book launch @ The Wapping project Bankside, from 19H00-21H00.

Work featured in Sotheby's Guide to Collecting Photography, published by Thames & Hudson & edited by Jocelyn Phillips.

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Private-view of Abrstraction (group show) @ Château d'Eau, Toulouse (France).

Aperture Presents @ Boutique Montblanc. As part of Mois de la Photo, Aperture Presents exhibition will feature a stellar lineup of diverse photographers whose abstract approaches thrive within contemporary practice.

Edgar Martins in conversation with Peter D. Osborne, author and senior lecturer in Cultural Studies and History and Theory of Photography in the Faculty of Media at London College of Communication. Event scheduled for: 2PM @ The University of the Arts, Elephant & Castle, London.

Exhibition tour and talk with Edgar Martins. Event scheduled for: 12:30 & 2PM @ The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LG, UK.

Edgar Martins in conversation with David Campany, author and curator. Event scheduled for: 2PM @ The Wapping Project Bankside, 65a Hopton Street, London SE1.

Private view of The Time Machine: An Incomplete & Semi-Objective Survey of Hydro Power Plants @ Museu da Electricidade (Lisbon).

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Private view of Da Cartografia do Poder aos Itinerários do Saber (group show) @ Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra - a FCTUC & Museu Nacional - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro co-production.

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Private-view of The Time Machine @ Wapping project Bankside.

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Private view of A Culpa não é minha (works from the António Cachola collection), curated by Eric Corne @ Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.

You can now follow me on Twitter.

Edgar Martins is now represented in the UK by The Wapping Project Bankside .

Work featured in Art Presse (France), Connaissance Des Artes (France), L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui (France) & BJP (UK).

Private view of The Burrow (group show) @ SIAKOS HANAPPE House of Art, Athens (Greece).

Private view of The Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings @ Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes (France).

Talk entitled This is not a House @ Lincoln University.

Launch of new monograph entitled This is not a House, published by Dewi Lewis.

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Talk entitled This is not a House @ Westminster University, London.

Book signing of The Wayward Line @ Melanie Rio Gallery Stand, Paris Photo, from 12:00-14:00. Galerie Melanie Rio will be displaying a selection of my recent works.

Article published in Ipsílon (the cultural supplement of O Público newspaper, Portugal) concerning retrospective exhibition @ Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris.

Private-view of solo show @ Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (curated by Sérgio Mah). Launch of monograph relating to work on show.

Private view of Interiores (group show) @ Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. Exhibition curated by Pedro Gadanho. A book by the same title will be launched at this time.

Work featured in Blueprint magazine.

Private-view of About a Minute (group show) @ The Gopher Hole (London).

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Awarded 1st Place at International Photography Awards, Fine Art Abstract Category and selected for the 2010 International Photography Awards Best of Show exhibition.

Work featured in Blueprint, Creative Review, Scórpio Magazine & Livraison Magazines.

Work featured in publications and periodicals such as T-Magazine (Portugal), SOL (Portugal), Expresso (Portugal), Dardo (Portugal/Spain), Livraison (Sweden), World Art China (China), Horizon Magazine (Macau/Hong Kong), amongst others.

Private view of A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings & Dwarf Exoplanets @ Hot Shoe Gallery.

Private view of This is not a House @ The Photographer's Gallery (PSG), London.

Launch of my facebook group page. Please follow me here.

Participation in Madrid Foto Fair with La Caja Negra.

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Selected for AP+AI 2010 Photography Annual, USA.

Participation in seminar: UFG (UFAT Photograph Festival), Turkey.

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Private view of Da Outra Margem do Atlântico: alguns exemplos de videoarte e fotografia portuguesa (group show) @ Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro.

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Private view of Des lendemains qui chantent @ Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes.

Residency in Beijing, in conjunction with Red Gate Gallery.

Private view of When Light Casts no Shadow @ Caprice Horn Gallery, Berlin.

Official launch of When Light Casts no Shadow @ Paris Photo.

Private view of The Rate of Convergence of Two Opposing System Trajectories @ Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon. My latest monograph When Light Casts no Shadow will also be launched on this evening.

Private view of When Light Casts no Shadow and launch of book by the same name, at Porta33, Madeira.

Finalist of the Prix Pictet Photography Award. Results will be announced on October 22nd 2009.

Residency at the Everglades National Park, Florida (USA).

Launch of When Light Casts no Shadow, Edgar Martins' latest monograph @ Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes.