Martin Stranka

In recent years, Martin has garnered over 80 major international photography awards in various competitions, including the International Photography Awards™ held at Carnegie Hall in New York, where he was named Special Photographer of the Year in 2022. In 2024, his book Beautiful Accidents won 2nd place in the same competition, in the Fine Art Book category, among all submissions worldwide. He has also received accolades from the Sony World Photography Awards (1st place in the Open Creative category and the National Award in 2018 and 2019), the Annual Photography Awards (Photographer of the Year, 2021), and the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Gold Medal).

Martin’s work has been exhibited and auctioned by the prestigious Christie’s auction house in London and Amsterdam, and his solo and group exhibitions have traveled through North and South America, all across Europe, and to Asia. His photographs have been exhibited in cities worldwide, such as New York, Basel, Tokyo, London, Miami, Paris, Prague, Hong Kong, and Kyiv. Among the galleries where Martin’s work has been presented are Christie’s London (UK), the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum (Slovakia), the Mánes Exhibition Hall (Czechia), Saatchi Gallery (USA), and SNAP! Orlando (USA), among many others.

Martin’s dreamlike and transportive photography has been commissioned by cultural institutions such as the National Theatre in Prague and the Czech National Ballet. His images have also been used by New York publishers for mystery and suspense novel covers—genres for which Martin believes his work is a perfect fit. He has created book covers for major New York publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, Sterling Publishing, and Penguin Random House, and has collaborated with other book publishers, record labels, and artists around the globe.