EP41 - Martyn Goddard - Photographer - Jam Sessions - "In echoed steps you walk across an empty dream..."

On this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast,
Photographer Martyn Goddard takes us
through his Jam archives.


For avid consumers of Jam vinyl in the late seventies and early
eighties, Martyn Goddard’s photographs need little introduction.
His images appear on the cover of their first album, In
The City, and their fifth, Sound
Affects.


His photos were also used on the front covers of a flurry of
picture sleeve singles from 1977 to 1979: In The City,
All Around The World, The Modern World,
News of The World, David Watts/ ‘A’ Bomb
in Wardour Street, Down in the Tube Station at
Midnight, and finally Strange Town.


We dive into his personal recollections, and his shoot journals,
where he recorded the dates of his studio sessions - and hear a
bunch of memories from working with The Jam.


Find out more on Jam Sessions - Photographs by
Martyn Goddard - his limited edition book with
SnapGalleries.com here...


After a period assisting acclaimed photographer Gered Mankowitz,
Martyn became a regular face on the New Wave music scene of the
seventies and early eighties. This was an era of LP picture discs
with serious budgets requiring creative photography.
Photographing acts such as Blondie, The Jam, The Cure, Sham 69,
Ian Dury, and Toyah lead to commissions from Queen and Elton
John’s Rocket Records in the rock mainstream.


While working for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, You and Sunday
Times Magazine in the 1980’s he shot portraits and features with
recording acts such as Genesis, U2, Jethro Tull, UB40 and Wham,
progressing to portraits of great writers, artists, actors and
politicians.


A period of working with Wham in the late 1980’s, including their
groundbreaking tour of China, closed a chapter of life within the
music business.


Martyn went on to work for Car magazine, creating new techniques
of automotive and travel photography.


In recognition of his work, Martyn became a Fellow of the British
Institute of Professional Photography in 1987.


 


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