ers , ▁a ▁ref lex ▁camera ▁with ▁ 1 2 0 ▁roll ▁film ▁( pro bably ▁Rolle if lex ), ▁and ▁two ▁ 3 5 mm ▁compact ▁cam eras , ▁Cont ax ▁and ▁Le ica . ▁The ▁early ▁ 5 x 7 ▁Graf lex ▁used ▁flash ▁pow der ▁for ▁artificial ▁light ing . ▁The ▁press ▁Graf lex ▁and ▁Rolle if lex ▁used ▁flash ▁bul bs ▁in ▁det ach able ▁hand - g rip ▁units . ▁The ▁ 3 5 mm ▁cam eras ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁with ▁flash ▁units ▁but ▁were ▁mainly ▁used ▁with ▁available ▁light . ▁Martin ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁ad opter ▁of ▁compact ▁camera ▁phot ography ▁and , ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁of ▁high ▁speed ▁electronic ▁flash ▁light ing . ▁ ▁The ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁Martin ' s ▁photograph s ▁show ▁people , ▁not ▁places ▁or ▁things . ▁Like ▁many ▁other ▁press ▁photograph ers , ▁she ▁gave ▁priority ▁to ▁real istic ▁port ray al ▁over ▁a est h etic ▁values ▁in ▁her ▁work ▁and ▁her ▁style ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁un remark able . ▁She ▁said ▁her ▁primary ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁respect ▁her ▁subjects ▁and ▁accord ▁them ▁the ▁best ▁possible ▁image . ▁Sh own ▁at ▁right ▁is ▁a ▁typical ▁photo ▁from ▁a ▁magazine ▁feature . ▁She ▁took ▁it ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 5 mm ▁camera ▁using ▁available ▁light ▁for ▁an ▁article ▁on ▁Donald ▁Nelson , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁recently - est ab lished ▁War ▁Production ▁Board . ▁It ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁issue