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Street Shots covers 50 years of Martha's work. Her father had a camera shop so she learned how to take photos very young. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Martha left at 16 for Iowa and studied at Grinnell College before joining the Peace Corps and teaching English in Thailand. She moved to NY to be a photographer, and started working at the NY Post in 1977. Her gentle nature is an indication of the way she shows people in her photos. A large body of her work features children and teenagers playing in their neighborhoods. Rather than posing her subjects, she catches them in their own elements and the result is often a candid, close look at life.