Martyn studied photography at Harrow College of Art and after graduating in 1974 then assisted various leading photographers before going freelance.
He became part of the New Wave music scene of the seventies, working with acts such as Blondie, The Jam, Sham 69 and The Cure to name a few. He has contributed or staged several photography exhibitions,’ Blondie in Camera 1978’ and The Jam ‘About the Young Idea’ 2015. Rock ‘n’ Roll and Fast cars 2019. In the late 1970’s he was invited to contribute to the Sunday Telegraph Magazine where he was assigned portrait and feature shoots with some of the great personalities of the arts world, while at the same time contributing to the iconic ‘Car Magazine’ producing automotive and travel stories. In recognition of his images, becoming a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography in 1987.
In recent years he has moved to a digital platform, becoming an active photo-blogger and content provider a producing travel features and images for Media groups in UK, Europe and USA, in addition to cataloguing and preserving his extensive archive rock bands and musicians.
Martyn Goddard shot AC/DC in 1976 during their first UK tour when they played five gigs at the Marquee Club
Contact sheet of AC/DC photos taken whilst they were completing their 1976 residency at the Marquee Club, London.
Photo shoot for Telegraph Sunday Magazine used on Parallel Lines picture disc, taken in New York in 1978.
Cover artwork for The Jam's debut album 'In The City' released in 1977
Early shot of U2 taken in Bayswater, London in the summer of 1979 for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine.
AC/DC photo shoot taken during their 1976 residency at the Marquee Club, London
George Michael captured on the video shoot for his single 'I Want Your Sex' released in 1987
Pete Townshend walking down a quiet Soho street, London in 1980 whilst on a photo shoot for the Telegraph Sunday magazine
Debbie Harry, Blondie recording Parallel Lines at the Record Plant Studio, New York in 1978
Debbie Harry leaning on Martyn Goddard's tripod with his Nikon FE camera. Shot on a New York rooftop in 1978
Contact sheet of The Jam's photo shoot for the cover of their debut album 'In The City'
The Jam relaxing at Frank's Cafe in Soho during their photo shoot for the cover of 'News of the World'
Pete Townshend posing in a recording studio in Soho, London in 1980
U2 photographed in the cab of their VW tour van with all the accumulated trash from their drive up the M1 from London
The Jam photographed by Martyn Goddard for their first album 'In The City' shot in London in 1977
Contact sheet photograph of Debbie Harry, Blondie recording their classic album Parallel Lines in New York in 1978
Debbie Harry travelling with Blondie on their tour bus to Philadelphia in 1978
Debbie Harry captured backstage at a Blondie gig in Phildelphia in 1978
Blondie captured during a photoshoot for their album cover for 'Best of Blondie' taken on top of Record Plant Studio in New York in 1978
Cover art for The Cure's debut studio album 'Three Imaginary Boys' released in May 1979
Colour image of Pink Floyd performing during their British Winter tour in 1974
Pete Townshend throws his guitar live whilst The Who perform at Madison Square Gardens in the US, 1979.
The Arctic Monkeys photographed by Kevin Westenberg at the Palácio da Justiça, Lisbon for Mojo Magazine in September 2022.
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