About Martin

“Martin is a visionary artist and I am so grateful to him for the beautiful and thought-provoking Echoes sculpture.”
Lisa Farmer, Chief Executive, Royal British Veterans Enterprise

"Martin is an exceptional artist both in terms of installation works and photography. His eye for detail is hard to come by in my curatorial experience, from creative concepts to material know-how. His professionalism is second to none, and as an art consultant, this is incredibly important when dealing with clients."
Emma Lang, Founder, SOTA, Art Consultancy & Online Gallery

The Prostate Cancer UK Memorial

Nicola Tallett, Acting Chief Executive, Prostate Cancer UK, said: “Our beautiful memorial is a thoughtful place to display tributes to all those men lost to prostate cancer, and we see this as a fitting legacy to all our loved ones.”

“We Make.You Think delivered on our brief for a national memorial in every way, the design has created a huge awareness for Prostate Cancer UK, given a meaningful opportunity for people to celebrate their loved ones lost to this awful disease, and helped the charity raise thousands of pounds for life changing research.”
Nicola Tallett, Director of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement, Prostate Cancer UK, 2022
(This testimonial was given to We Make.You Think, the design studio Martin co-founded, which delivered the prostate Cancer UK Memorial project).

In their own words

Visitors to the Memorial have shared their experiences of finding a name on the pyramid, often for the first time.

“It is a beautiful memorial, honouring the wonderful men we loved and lost to prostate cancer.”
Julie

“Today we visited the Prostate Cancer UK’s Memorial at London Bridge Station, a wonderful and innovative creation.”
Michelle

“We were very lucky to be able to visit the memorial on Saturday and what a lovely tribute it is to our amazing men.”
Gemma

“The monument is a great tribute to remember all the lovely men who have been lost to this horrid illness. Much gratitude to you for making it, it really does mean so much to us, and I cannot thank you enough.”
Gillian

“I would liken it to a war memorial. It is very moving when you’re faced with it and all the names on it, just a fraction of the men who have died from it.”
Susan

“I visited the memorial today with very mixed emotions. I wanted to see it with my husband’s name on it in real life, but I also went and stood for a while at the beautiful memorial. If it brings awareness to one person, it has been every penny worth spent.”
Carol

“I would like to personally thank Prostate Cancer UK for this beautiful memorial, and the way it both celebrates the men taken by prostate cancer and raises awareness.”
Ed

“It’s an amazing memorial and I loved hearing the background story of its design. No questions, just a huge thank you Martin, from the bottom of my heart.”
Amanda

“It is an amazingly simple yet poignant memorial. It is transportable, noticeable, and I imagine relatively easy to transcribe. But what is so touching is its reflection: when we pinpoint our loved one, our own reflection is caught on camera. We, who have watched this debilitating disease consume our husbands, fathers and sons. That is so moving. It is of and for our time, flexible and significant. I congratulate Martin Barraud on creating something very, very special. None of us knew quite what we were sponsoring, and I for one am overjoyed I subscribed.”
Victoria

“The memorial is a fantastic way of us all remembering our loved ones.”
Loretta

“Congratulations Martin for such a beautiful piece, and congratulations Prostate Cancer UK for commissioning the statue and including the names of our loved ones. Thank you BBC South East for covering this on the news, and thank you [BBC interviewer and presenter] Ian Palmer for your sensitivity.”
Kerry