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![A half-buried vintage car in the American desert, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award winner and Discovery of the Year at the 1839 Awards.]()
Discovery of the Year | 1839 Awards – International, 2024
Buried Car, CA
News and Updates-
Discovery Of The Year, 1839 Awards, International, 2024
International Discovery Of The Year, 1839 Awards, International, 2024
Winner, Landscape, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers, 2024
Semi-Finalist, Landscape, Head On Festival Awards, 2024
Finalist, Fine Art, British Photography Awards, 2024
Honourable Mention, ND Awards, International, 2024
Honourable Mention, London Photography Awards, International, 2024
Silver Winner, Muse Photography Awards, International, 2024
Nominee, ReFocus Awards, International, 2024
Semi Finalist, Head On Photography Awards, International, 2023
Honourable Mention, New York Photography Awards, International, 2023
Commended Award, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers, International, 2023
Finalist, British Photography Awards, International, 2022
Nominee Award, ReFocus Black and White Awards, International, 2022
Honourable Mention, Annual Photography Awards, International, 2022
Honourable Mention, Chromatic Awards, International, 2021
Silver, MUSE Photography Awards, International, 2021
Third, FMOPA International Photography Competition, International, 2021
Finalist, Open Call, Lucie Foundation Awards, International, 2021
Finalist, Belfast Photo Festival, International, 2021
Honourable Mention, Chromatic Awards, International, 2020
Honourable Mention, Australian Photography Awards, Australia, 2020
Honourable Mention, ND Awards, International, 2020
Honourable Mention, Prix de la Photographie de Paris, International, 2020
Finalist, Lucie Foundation Open Call, Los Angeles, International, 2020
Honourable Mention, Minimalist Photography Awards, International, 2020
Highly Commended, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographer Awards, 2020
Semi-Finalist, Head On Photo Festival, Australia, 2020
FINALIST, British Photography Awards, UK, 2020
Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards, International, 2020
Silver Winner, One Eyeland Photography Awards, International, 2019
Third Place, Annual Photography Awards, International, 2019
Honourable Mention, Chromatic Awards, International, 2019
Honourable Mention, Chromatic Awards, International, 2019
Winner, Emerging Photographer, PDN, International, 2019
Honourable Mention, Fine Art, ND Awards, International, 2019
Merit Award, All About Photo Street Awards, International, 2019
Finalist, One Eyeland, Landscape Awards, International, 2019
1st Place, BIFA (Budapest International Foto Awards), International, 2019
Finalist, Group Exhibition Award, F-Stop Magazine, International, 2019
Winner, Photo Chronicles Street Photography, International, 2019
Honourable Mention, Life Framer Colour Awards, International, 2019
Winner, FotoRoom and Millenium Images Single Image, International, 2019
Silver Winner, Book, One Eyeland Photography Awards, International, 2019
Nominee, Landscape, Fine Art Photography Awards, International, 2019
Third Place, Landscape, Sienna International Photo Awards, International, 2018
Honourable Mention, Landscape, Chromatic Awards, International, 2018
Silver Winner, Fine Art Landscape, MIFA, International, 2018
Finalist, Best of Photography 2018, Photographers Forum, International, 2018
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot The Frame, International, 2018
Finalist, Open Call, The Independent Photographer, International, 2018
Finalist, Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Finalist, Landscape, Head On Festival Awards, International, Australia, 2018
Finalist, Empty Spaces Exhibition, Praxis Gallery Exhibition, Minneapolis, USA, 2018
Honourable Mention, International Digital Circuit Award, Finland, 2017
First Place, Landscape, Chromatic Awards, International, 2017
Honourable Mention, Landscape, Chromatic Awards, International, 2017
Winner, Open Category, Architectural Photography Award, Budapest, Hungary, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Finalist, Winter Print Show, Lens Culture, New York, USA, 2017
Finalist, Yicca Awards, Rome, Italy, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Finalist, 'Stories' Group Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2017
Finalist, Landscape Group Exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2017
Winner, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Finalist, CLICK 17 Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Finalist, Emerging Talent Award, The Independent Photographer, International, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, The Independent Photographer, International, 2017
Finalist, Landscape, Shoot the Frame, International, 2017
Nominee, Landscape, Fine Art Photography Awards, 2017
Finalist, Bowness Award, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Finalist, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2016
Silver Selection, NVLA International Photography Show, San Francisco, USA, 2016
Finalist, Photobook Melbourne Photo Award, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Best Landscape, Salon Award, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
2015–2025Projects
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![The Wall Frame, Arizona — a ponderous view into the desert through a brick wall, part of the Lost America series.]()
Lost America
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Using a scrupulous method of capture, Matt’s pictures aim to alter our view of familiar habitats as conscious retrospections. The discernibly banal metamorphosis into a perception of aesthetic beauty. His creative vision captures a calm and melancholic disposition in the landscape, evoking an emotional response. Environments are appraised as simple, clean, and graphic impressions. Purposefully devoid of people and any notable present-day objects, the images appear to have no concept of time.
In his system of capture, the full depth of the scene is arrested in focus, lending a heightened sense of reality. Each setting is deliberately mundane, so the detail becomes a character of the image itself. Restricting to the full-frame format without cropping is a deliberate reverence to large format film.
Matthew is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Although he was born and raised in Bristol, England, the visuals of North America have always been a major influence on his life. He grew up through the ‘70s and ‘80s in a typical middle-class suburb. Television and film were his favourite distractions, the majority of which came from the USA. The backdrop of the North American scenery felt like an exotic antidote to the English city suburbs and countryside. A keen illustrator, he spent hours pouring over the minutia of his subject with the aim of making the illustrations as close to reality as possible. Almost photographic, if you will. This work saw him enrol in college at a young age, where he studied graphic design and photography.
Drawing on his childhood memories, the American landscape has remained a major source of inspiration for his work. Matt is inspired by the North American photographers of the ‘60s and ‘70s, who were prevalent in using large format film. This laborious system of capture seemed to enhance the seemingly ordinary-looking street scenes with fastidious detail. Matthew discovered a more modern process in the form of a technical camera, digital back, and precision optics, then proceeded to cast his own journey.
Matthew’s work has garnered numerous international awards, received recognition in the global press, and been featured in multiple exhibitions on an international stage.
The PhotographerEdition Prints
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![An abandoned motel pool in California, part of the Lost America series; limited edition prints available.]()
Lost America Editions
Limited Editions-
Group Exhibition, Exhibition 20, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2020
Group Exhibition, Life Framer & Daylighted, Digital Exhibition, International, 2019
Group Exhibition, Live projections, Los Angeles Central Library, MOPLA House of Lucie, USA, 2019
Group Exhibition, MOPLA House of Lucie Book Exhibition, L.A., USA, 2019
Group Exhibition, The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA, 2018
Solo Exhibition, Desert Modern & Lost America, Denfair, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Solo Exhibition, Desert Modern, Rokeby Galley, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Group Exhibition, Praxis Gallery Exhibition, Minneapolis, USA, 2018
Solo Exhibition, Lost America, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Group Exhibition, Lost America, Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs, USA, 2018
Group Exhibition, Architectural Photography Award, Budapest, Hungary, 2017
Group Exhibition, Lost America, Shoot the Frame & Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India, 2017
Solo Exhibition, Lost America, Head On Festival, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2017
Group Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2017
Group Exhibition, Lost America, The Other Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Group Exhibition, Yicca Awards, Rome, Italy, 2017
Group Exhibition, Lost America, Yard Furniture, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Group Exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2017
Group Exhibition, Bowness Award, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Group Exhibition, NVLA International Photography Show, San Francisco, USA, 2016
Group Exhibition, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2016
Group Exhibition, Photobook Melbourne Photo Award, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Group Exhibition, Salon Award, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
ExhibitionsContact
Appearances-
Phroom Magazine
ArtVort Magazine
Broad Magazine
Momento Pro
Dodho Magazine
Aint–Bad Magazine
Life Framer
All About Photo
Joia Magazine
The Flying Fruit Bowl
Seen
Visible Spectrums
C41
The Modern Day Explorer
Cooph Magazine
Feature Shoot
Float Magazine
Aesthetica Magazine
Edge Of Humanity Magazine
F-Stop Magazine
2015–2025Awards, Press & Galleries
