Amy Zaleta-Martinez
Amy, an artist and designer, hails Los Angeles as her creative home but leads a nomadic life, traveling the world alongside her husband in their venture, The Sundry Productions, encompassing film, art, and fashion. Her journey commenced at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she honed her skills as a fashion designer and illustrator, eventually rising to lead designer for a contemporary dress line bringing her from living in Manhattan to Los Angeles.
Fueled by a desire for adventure and a love for art, Amy and her husband embarked on globetrotting escapades. Their mission wasn't just exploration; it was a pursuit to connect with local communities and celebrate indigenous fabrics. These treasures became the foundation for Amy's unique one of a kind dresses and bespoke wedding gowns. She also played a pivotal role in helping launch an ethical fashion line alongside other designers.
In 2010, Amy's life took an extraordinary turn when she and her family moved to Kenya, Africa to create a television show for children living in Nairobi's slums. Amy's creative talents shone as she crafted puppets, designed costumes, and wrote for the show alongside local filmmakers with the hope of uplifting other’s crafts and gifts.
Returning to the U.S., Amy remained active in her community, but her life became increasingly nomadic. From 2012 onwards, she has explored diverse cultures while evolving her multidisciplinary art skills. Her inaugural painted collection in 2019 named “Fashion Icons” received affirmation of her new passion and has proven to be a sustainable pursuit. After 2020 Amy has focused her energy and time painting her portrait series addressing the global issue of statelessness while being on location in New Orleans, Chicago, Baton Rouge, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles.
Amy's story is a peregrination of creativity, compassion, and an unyielding desire for understanding while offering a mirror to the world's complexities through the visual story of her subjects.
Abe Martinez
Abraham Martinez has always loved the art of storytelling through images in the frame. While watching the movie, THE KILLING FIELDS, in secondary school, the desire to integrate travel and photography in an adventurous career began to take shape.
Although based in Los Angeles, Abraham has worked and traveled to nearly 60 countries. Abraham built his foundation working on many studio feature films in Hollywood within the camera department. He assisted behind the camera on movies such as Flight Plan, Spider-Man 3, and Fast and Furious, to name a few, totaling to over twenty feature films. His upbringing within the studio and global setting has equipped Abraham to combine the best of both worlds.
Abraham continues his global picture pursuit and has expanded to varied international terrain in order to deliver his own visual traction on feature films, documentaries and commercials. He recently broke ground in television filming two television shows back to back, Queen of the South and The Chi. Abraham also photographed two independent feature films overseas, in India and Kenya. While on location in Kenya, along with his wife and two boys, Abraham resourcefully produced a children's show pilot targeting vulnerable children. Working on films has proved more than simply an adventurous career but has triggered a passion to impact culture and shoot compelling stories along the way.