MARTIN VALLIN | Artist profiles
THE COLOR AND THE SHAPE
Martin Vallin is a Swedish photographer and director whose work bridges still life and beauty. Dividing his time between Stockholm and Paris, he creates images that feel both meticulously composed and instinctively alive — poised between control and freedom.
FRUIT, GLASSES & INSTALLATIONS
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #1
EN PASSANT #2 DIMENSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #2 - FW25
He grew up in a small wooden house on a wide, flat plain in the middle of Sweden. At sixteen, he inherited a box of darkroom equipment — a discovery that led to nights of experimentation and his first self-developed image, a tulip in a vase, marking the start of a lifelong dialogue with light and form.
EN PASSANT #4 - HUMAN FORM
EN PASSANT #5 - FORMAL STRUCTURES
LOUIS VUITTON HIGH JEWELRY for TOWN COUNTRY MAGAZINE
DU JOUR
While studying philosophy, with a focus on moral and political theory, Martin continued to photograph — searching for beauty as a way to question meaning. He later pursued journalism, photography, and typography, refining his understanding of structure and narrative.
BEAUTY
THE POSSIBILITY OF A FLOWER
GRAPHIC COSMETICS 
BEAUTY
After working in a Paris magazine’s art department, Martin established his studio between Paris and Stockholm. This blend of Scandinavian restraint and Parisian sophistication shapes his work—tactile, thoughtful, and quietly timeless.
VILHELM BALLET 
VILHELM BALLET 
VILHELM BALLET 
COLLAGES SERIES for DEPARTURES MAGAZINE
CHANEL OBSESSION #2 
His photography explores the intersection of philosophy and aesthetics. His ongoing project En Passant consists of darkroom prints and assemblages inspired by ideas around panpsychism — a meditation on form, consciousness, and pattern.
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #2 - FW25
EN PASSANT #3 - CARTESIAN SELF
THE POSSIBILITY OF A FLOWER
MATEUS
Balancing intellect and instinct, Martin moves fluidly between black-and-white and color, working with darkroom manipulations, composites, and collages—spaces where his imagination finds room to play.
BEAUTY
TOWN COUNTRY X CHANEL HIGH JEWELRY
BEAUTY
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #1
VOGUE X CARTIER
Martin creates work for brands including Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Cartier, Dior, Lancôme, L’Oréal Paris, MoMA, Tissot, Elizabeth Arden, Absolut Vodka and Diesel. He has just released the #2 edition - Fall/Winter 20025 - of "Flowergun", an independent magazine dedicated to personal imagery and experimental still life. Both projects merge process and philosophy, digital and analog, the seen and the felt.
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #2 - FW25
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #2 - FW25
FLOWERGUN MAGAZINE, Edition #1
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