Developing Your Artistic Path with Cher Martínez

30/12/2019 1h 6min Episodio 22
Developing Your Artistic Path with Cher Martínez

Listen "Developing Your Artistic Path with Cher Martínez"

Episode Synopsis

SHOW NOTES   In today's episode of Ellas, Mexican photographer and filmmaker, Cher Martínez shares with Brenda Hernández Jaimes how she has started her own artistic path and received the support from her family.   Cher talks about discovering her love for photography and developing her own vision and voice through this beautiful medium. She also shares how she has created a safe space and placed women and our Latino community at the forefront of her work such as her photo series, The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film and documentary, Ganándose la Vida.   We also talk about self-love and living with adult acne. Cher opens up about accepting herself and connecting with other women who live with adult acne through her iconic portrait series, Self Love - which opened the doors for her to speak on The Today Show.   Cher also shares about how she connects with her own creativity through important self-care moments of taking breaks.    Listen to the episode to find out more about Cher's inspiring work that creates important conversations! In this episode we talk about... 1:15 - Discover how Brenda Hernández Jaimes and Cher Martínez connected  3:23 - Cher shares about living between Santa Barbara and Mexico City and the homesickness she has for Mexico 10:39 - Find out how Cher discovered her love for photography  15:42 - Listen to how Cher's film photography has evolved over the years  19:29 - Cher talks about pursuing a creative path and having a supportive family  23:41 - Do you want to be a photographer? Cher shares how she has developed her vision 27:38 - Cher opens up about her acne and how she created her iconic Self Love series 31:46 - Find out how Cher appeared on the Today Show 35:31 - Cher talks about struggling to find a space in studying filmmaking and how she created her series, The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film  39:48 - Listen to the collaboration process that Cher had with female filmmakers 43:35 - Discover the pre-production process of Cher's documentary, Ganándose la Vida 50:45 - Find out Cher's upcoming projects and how she's taking a break to create 55:23 - Cher talks about her self-care process so she can recharge to find her voice 59:38 - Your voice matters and remember to embrace yourself 1:03:45 - Follow Cher!   RELEVANT LINKS Cher Martínez  Self Love  Cher Martínez on the Today Show Cher on the Today Show The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film Ganádose La Vida  Pierre Van Vuuren Bianca Vasquez  Society of Women in Space Exploration  Sandra Blow   WANT MORE? Follow Cher: @CherMartinez Follow Cher's photography: @cherthismoment Visit Cher's website: website Watch Cher's documentary, Ganándose la Vida Follow Ellas: @EllasThePodcast Follow Brenda: @bren_jai

More episodes of the podcast Ellas