Developing Your Artistic Path with Cher Martínez Ellas

SHOW NOTES  
In today’s episode of Ellas, Mexican photographer and filmmaker, Cher Martínez shares with Brenda Hernández Jaimes how she has started her own artistic path and received the support from her family.
 
Cher talks about discovering her love for photography and developing her own vision and voice through this beautiful medium. She also shares how she has created a safe space and placed women and our Latino community at the forefront of her work such as her photo series, The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film and documentary, Ganándose la Vida.
 
We also talk about self-love and living with adult acne. Cher opens up about accepting herself and connecting with other women who live with adult acne through her iconic portrait series, Self Love - which opened the doors for her to speak on The Today Show.
 
Cher also shares about how she connects with her own creativity through important self-care moments of taking breaks. 
 
Listen to the episode to find out more about Cher’s inspiring work that creates important conversations!
In this episode we talk about...
1:15 - Discover how Brenda Hernández Jaimes and Cher Martínez connected 
3:23 - Cher shares about living between Santa Barbara and Mexico City and the homesickness she has for Mexico
10:39 - Find out how Cher discovered her love for photography 
15:42 - Listen to how Cher’s film photography has evolved over the years 
19:29 - Cher talks about pursuing a creative path and having a supportive family 
23:41 - Do you want to be a photographer? Cher shares how she has developed her vision
27:38 - Cher opens up about her acne and how she created her iconic Self Love series
31:46 - Find out how Cher appeared on the Today Show
35:31 - Cher talks about struggling to find a space in studying filmmaking and how she created her series, The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film 
39:48 - Listen to the collaboration process that Cher had with female filmmakers
43:35 - Discover the pre-production process of Cher’s documentary, Ganándose la Vida
50:45 - Find out Cher’s upcoming projects and how she’s taking a break to create
55:23 - Cher talks about her self-care process so she can recharge to find her voice
59:38 - Your voice matters and remember to embrace yourself
1:03:45 - Follow Cher!
 
RELEVANT LINKS
Cher Martínez 
Self Love 
Cher Martínez on the Today Show
Cher on the Today Show
The Future of Filmmaking Captured on Film
Ganádose La Vida 
Pierre Van Vuuren
Bianca Vasquez 
Society of Women in Space Exploration 
Sandra Blow
 
WANT MORE?
Follow Cher: @CherMartinez
Follow Cher’s photography: @cherthismoment
Visit Cher’s website: website
Watch Cher’s documentary, Ganándose la Vida
Follow Ellas: @EllasThePodcast
Follow Brenda: @bren_jai