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Getty Images New Photographers 2007
Jen Bekman Gallery Hot Shots, Summer '06
Columbia College Chicago Student Showcase
A Field Guide to the North American Family
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Feb. 2010
This is an old picture but I've just added it to the Elevated gallery. Initially, I thought the blur was a little too 'pop photo,' too easy, too gimmicky, but I've since changed my mind (or lowered my standards). It's all about the reflection in the window.
Jan. 2010
I've finally posted a new gallery to the site: 'Waiting for the Jets: Planeview Park, Queens.' The park is a rather scruffy, little piece of land that lies under the flight path of one of La Guardia Airport’s runways. Little more than an acre and bordered by chain link fence and a highway, it would hardly deserve notice if it weren’t for the planes that appear overhead when the runway is in use.
Also, I've made a couple additions to the 'International' gallery:
Guard outside bankrupt casino, Dominican Republic
Guard outside stalled development, Dominican Republic
Sept. 2009
What do Stephen Shore, Bill Owens, Larry Sultan, Jill Greenberg & I have in common? We all have photos on Gallery Stock.
Aug. 2009
My 'Chandelier' picture is in the upcoming 'Art of Photography' show in San Diego. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the opening but it looks like it'll be a good time and it's open to the public. Here's the press release:
'The fifth annual Art of Photography Show, an international competition and exhibition of photographic art, will debut the top 111 photographs on August 29, 2009 with the Opening Reception Gala and Awards Ceremony at the Lyceum Theatre Gallery located in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. This free public reception will take place from 6:00 to 10:00 pm and is expected to attract over 1,500 people, including artists and collectors from around the world.
The final photographs were judged and selected from 16,000 entries from 57 countries by Charlotte Cotton, the curator and head of the Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The fact that the Art of Photography Show is judged by a major museum curator each year is what differentiates the competition from other competitions. Photographers rarely have the opportunity to reach these respected and influential people, which is why the show receives so many entries from world-renowned photographers."
I was recently profiled on a French photography website, Fill-in. (My statement sounds much more impresive when you read it in the French translation.)
Recently added to the site:
Welcome to New York: 21
International: 15
July 2009
Each week, 52 Editions features a different photograph for $45, published in a limited edition of 275. After the first week, the photo moves to the catalog at a price of $75. Click here to see my 'Rest Area' picture which was featured last week. Another photo of mine should be featured later in the year.
April 2009
These are some of the initial images from a project I've been working on about a scruffy little park next to La Guardia Airport. I have a lot more scanning (& shooting) to do, but I hope to get a gallery up soon.
My 'Chained' series is up on the Silver Eye Center for Photography's New Works Gallery Online through June 2009.
December 2008
Oct. 2008
2008 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, Juror: Hossein Farmani, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colo.
Oct. 3 - Nov. 1, 2008
Sept. 2008
PhotoShelter is now selling prints from their site (at bargain basement prices, check it out!). My "Plane Over Mini-Mall" and "Sister" pictures are in the Contemporary Gallery.
June 2008
I have a large version (30" x 40") of the "Chandelier" in this show:
14th Juried Exhibition (Juried by Katherine Ware, curator of photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
June 5 - August 31, 2008
Winchester, MA
Chicago
Chicago
May 2008
"Nokia Nseries and Gen Art proudly present an exclusive one-night only event where technology, art and film collide. Gen Art & Nokia’s Art in Motion will feature a fully curated show of contemporary photography in the River East Arts Center, on the beautiful Chicago River."
Wednesday, May 7
7:00pm - 11:00pm
435 East Illinois Street
Chicago
March 2008
The Photo Review 2007 competition issue is now out and there's also an online gallery of competition winners.
I've added some new pictures to the site and shuffled some things around a bit. This should close the book on my "chicagoland" series. Hope to get some pictures from new projects up soon.
chicagoland: 14,
17
Chained: 28
Etc.: 14,
16,
17
Elevated: 11,
14
International: 16
Links page image
January 2008
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colo.
"Planes, Trains & Automobiles," group show, juror Andrew Darlow
Jan. 25 - Feb. 23, 2008
December 2007
November 2007
I have the cover of the November issue of The Sun magazine. It's kind of an old picture, 1998, of some sad looking giraffes at the Bronx Zoo. I've had a bunch of pictures printed by them over the years but this is my first cover.
October 2007
Coming to a bookstore near you:
by Garth Risk Hallberg
For years, the Hungates and the Harrisons have coexisted peacefully in the suburbs of New York. But when the patriarch of one family dies, the survivors face a stark imperative: adapt or face extinction.
In sixty-three entries and an accompanying website, A Field Guide to the North American Family offers a collaborative portrait of two fictional specimens. Part fiction, part reference work, part photo-essay, this singular Field Guide invites readers and participants to consider the state of the family . . . and to explore the future of the book.
Contributing artists include:
Jordan Alport, Timothy Briner, Jessica Bruah, Kara Canal, Sandy Carson, Alana Celii, Janice Clark, Jason Curtis, John Paul Davis, Chris Eichler, Amy Elkins, Jason Falchook, Elizabeth Fleming, Catherine Gass, Hans Gindlesberger, Andres Gonzalez, Maury Gortemiller, Jonathan Gitelson, Jennifer Greenburg, Ben Huff, Christy Karpinski, Mickey Kerr, Liz Kuball, Michael Kwiecinski, Shane Lavalette, Jason Lazarus, Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, Nick Meyer, Matt Nighswander, Alexis Pike, Colleen Plumb, Gus Powell, Abby Powell-Thomas, John Putnam, Shawn Records, Rebecca Blume Rothman, Christopher D Salyers, Matthew Schenning, David Shulman, Kevin Sisemore, Brandon Sorg, Brian Sorg, Sai Sriskandarajah, Tema Stauffer, JJ Sulin, Brian Ulrich, Consider Vosu, Grant Willing.
Click here to go to full story
August 2007
This picture is in the newest Adbusters (Sept./Oct. 2007), on stands now. It's my third published in the magazine. Other artists in the issue include Robert and Shana Parke-Harrison and Abbas.
July 2007
"ChicagoLANDscapes," July 7 -Sept. 8, 2007.
Reception Saturday, July 7, 6-9.
Orleans St. Gallery
Pheasant Run Resort
4051 E. Main St.
St. Charles, IL, 60174
Tel. 630.524.5048
Artists include: Caitlin Arnold, Michael Banning, Angeline Evans, Eulalio Fabie de Silva,
Brandon Fields, Maria Gedroc, Bill Guy, Emily Hoskins, Judy Langston, Matt Nighswander,
Brad Pogatetz, Jason Reblando, Perry Slade, Brandon Sorg, and Alexandra Stevenson.
Show also includes my friend Bill Guy. Check out this picture. Intense. He told me some people have said it reminded them of my "Fountain" picture. But I gotta give it to Bill, his is a much more layered, complicated picture. Here they are side by side:
Published a b&w version of "Car Tracks" in the newest Shots Magazine.
May 2007
Why do we check our e-mail so obsessively? Because every once in a while you get something out of the blue like a French gallery asking if they can sell your photos on their website. My pictures are up now at bearandbreakfast.com and I should be part of an exhibit in France next winter. There's an English version of the site but my pictures look better in French.
April 2007
I have the cover of Columbia's Story Workshop Anthology (and four pictures inside). They're all New York pictures from before I went to Columbia. Go figure. Jon Gitelson (the git) also has some great pictures inside.
March 2007
My friend Oliver sent me a picture of my banner at 33 E. Congress St. in Chicago's Loop. It's the first time I've seen it. Wow, it's big.
Feb. 2007
I've got this spread in Watershed Journal:
(Also check out my friend Katherine Dyke's pictures in the same issue.)
Dec. 2006
My "Plane Over Mini-Mall" picture is included in a group show by sponsored by Humble Media.
new in town: group-show.com pinned up and story
exhibition dates: december 11 - december 16, 2006
artist reception and closing party: saturday, december 16, 2006, 7-11p
the gallery at 3rd ward
195 morgan avenue | brooklyn, ny 11237
Nov. 2006
My chandelier has been made into a giant banner (I'm talkin' 20'x 30') that's hanging on 33 E. Congress St. next to Columbia College Chicago. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to see it, since I now live in New York. Send me a picture.
My friend Christy included me in this online magazine. I like Brian Kaplan's snow pictures on this same page.
Sept. 2006
I was one of ten "Hey, Hot Shot" competition winners exhibited by the gallery. Nice to be up in Soho, but unfortunately it was only for five days.
It's on the stands now. No page numbers so you have to flip to the middle of the magazine to find my picture. It's this one. Also, check out my Columbia College friends and mentors Paul D'Amato and Brian Ulrich in the same issue.
Just in time for my move to New York, this Chicago magazine did a little profile about me being the only representative from Chicago in Getty's new photographers showcase. They call me a "native Chicagoan." Hah. Live Free or Die forever, man. Never forget the Old Man.
The web site for the Getty Images' showcase of emerging photographers (including me)has been updated. It now has galleries for each photographer.
I think it's been up for a while, but I just noticed it. Here's the link.
July 2006
I've redesigned the site, added some rollovers and thumbnails and some new photos.
Also, check out my goofy web project: Matt's Rollover Madness