• 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

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  • The Wall Frame, Arizona — a ponderous view into the desert through a brick wall, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and William & Winifred Bowness Prize finalist.

    Finalist | William & Winifred Bowness Prize – Australia, 2016

    The Wall Frame, AR

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  • Dead palms at sunrise in California, part of the Forgotten Palms series; a multi-award-winning image and Head On Photo Award finalist.

    Semi-Finalist | Head On Photo Award – International, 2023

    Dead Palms 6.45 AM

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  • Gold Mercedes, Palm Springs, part of the Desert Modern series; a multi-award-winning image and Architectural Photography Awards winner.

    Winner | Architectural Photography Awards – International, 2017

    Gold Mercedes, Palm Springs

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  • A Swing in the Water, California, part of the Lost America series; a winner in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers awards.

    Winner | Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers, 2024

    Swing In The Water, CA

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  • A Prada store in the middle of nowhere by artists Elmgreen & Dragset, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and winner of the Architectural Photography Awards.

    Winner | Architectural Photography Awards – International, 2017

    Prada Marfa, TX

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  • A water tower smiling between the houses in New Jersey, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and finalist at the British Photography Awards.

    Finalist | British Photography Awards – International, 2022

    Smiling Water Tower, NJ

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  • A triangular Baptist church in Texas, part of the Lost America series; an honourable mention at multiple international photography awards.

    Honourable | Annual Photography Awards – International, 2021

    Triangular Church, TX

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  • A single basketball hoop by the sea in California, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and semi-finalist at the Head On Photo Awards.

    Semi-Finalist | Head On Photo Festival – International, 2020

    Hoop By The Sea, CA

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  • A retro payphone on the street in New Mexico, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and Silver winner at the Moscow International Photo Awards.

    Silver Winner | Moscow International Foto Awards – International, 2018

    Payphone, NM

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  • An abandoned 737 sits at the bottom of a quarry in Southeast Asia, part of the Kalah series; a top 20 finalist at Australia’s Emerging Photographers.

    Top 20 | Australia's Emerging Photographers, 2021

    Boeing 737 In A Quarry

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  • Picnic stands sit quietly, waiting in White Sands, New Mexico, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and Silver winner at the Muse Photography Awards.

    Silver Winner | Muse Photography Awards – International, 2021

    Picnic Stands, NM

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  • A lonesome house sits by the canefields in Louisiana, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and first place winner at the Budapest International Foto Awards.

    1st Place | Budapest International Foto Awards, 2019

    House By The Canefields, LA

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  • A line of palm trees (Captain's Roost) silhouetted against a glorious sunset in the Hollywood Hills, California, part of the Forgotten Palms series; an honourable mention at multiple international photography awards.

    Honourable | Chromatic Awards – International, 2021

    Pathway Through The Palms

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  • An abandoned motel pool in California, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and first place winner at the Budapest International Foto Awards.

    1st Place | Budapest International Foto Awards, 2019

    Empty Motel Pool, CA

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  • A line of bright red oil tanks painted with the letters "Little America," part of the Lost America series; a Silver winner at the One Eyeland Photo Awards.

    Silver Winner | One Eyeland Awards – International, 2018

    Little America, WY

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  • The Tree of Life in Utah, by artist Karl Momen, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and finalist at the Belfast Photo Festival.

    Finalist | Belfast Photo Festival – International, 2021

    Tree Of Life, UT

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  • 66 Drive-In Theatre at sunset in Missouri, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and Silver winner at the One Eyeland Photo Awards.

    Silver Winner | One Eyeland Awards – International, 2018

    66 Drive-In, MO

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  • A vintage muscle car, a Chevy painted in blue and white flames, sits in suburbia, California, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and honourable mention at the ND Awards.

    Honourable | ND Awards – International, 2019

    Chevy With Flames, CA

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  • Ford Drive-In, Missouri, at sunset, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award-winning image and finalist at the William & Winifred Bowness Prize.

    Finalist | William & Winifred Bowness Prize – Australia, 2018

    Ford Drive-In, MI

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  • Abandoned concrete village set in the jungle in Southeast Asia, part of the Kalah series; a top 20 finalist at Australia’s Emerging Photographers.

    Top 20 | Australia's Emerging Photographers, 2021

    Concrete Village

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  • A retro Americana law office in New Mexico, part of the Lost America series; featured in F-Stop magazine.

    F-STOP Magazine Featurette – International, 2019

    Law Office, NM

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  • A swing and pool at a burnt home in California, part of the Lost America series; a finalist at the Belfast Photo Festival.

    Finalist | Belfast Photo Festival – International, 2021

    Swing And Pool At Burnt Home, CA

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  • A picnic area between two of the Seven Sisters at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, part of the Lost America series; a winner at Australia's Top Emerging Photographers.

    Winner | Australia's Top Emerging Photographers, 2024

    Valley View, NV

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  • An abandoned penitentiary bus parked in the middle of nowhere in Louisiana, part of the Lost America series; Discovery of the Year at the ReFocus Awards.

    Discovery Of The Year | ReFocus Awards – International, 2023

    Penitentiary Bus, LA

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  • Seven Magic Mountains at sunrise in Nevada, by artist Ugo Rondinone, part of the Lost America series; winner of a Life Framer Photography Prize.

    Winner | Life Framer Photography Prize – International, 2019

    Seven Magic Mountains, NV

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  • A large house sits next to a burning canefield in Louisiana, part of the Lost America series; a multi-award winner and winner of the Architectural Photography Awards.

    Winner | Architectural Photography Awards – International, 2017

    Big House With Burning Cane, LA

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  • An abandoned water park full of dead palms in California, part of the Forgotten Palms series; a nominee at the Fine Art Photography Awards.

    Nominee | Fine Art Photography Awards – International, 2020

    Dead Palms In Water Park

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  • A concrete basketball court surrounded by jungle in Southeast Asia, part of the Kalah series; a top 20 finalist at Australia’s Emerging Photographers.

    Top 20 | Australia's Emerging Photographers, 2021

    Jungle Court

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News and Updates

  • Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards, International, 2025

    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

2015–2025

Projects

Series

  • 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 Photographer

Edition Prints

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

Exhibitions

Contact

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

2015–2025
Awards, Press & Galleries
Stylized "AAP" logo in black on a white background.
The word "Aesthetica" in black serif font on a white background.
Text reading 'AINT—BAD' in black on a white background.
Logo of Annual Photography Awards with text "apa" in a black circle.
Architectural Photography Award logo featuring vertical lines above text.
Logo with stylized letters 'A' and 'W' above the word 'ARTWORT' on a white background.
Budapest International Foto Awards logo with stylized "bifa" text.
"blank wall gallery" text logo in black font on white background
Text reading 'William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize'
British Photography Awards logo featuring a camera aperture design within a laurel wreath.
Belfast Photo Festival logo with black circular design
The word "BROAD" in bold black capital letters on a white background.
Text reading 'Brunswick Street Gallery' in black capital letters on a white background.
The image shows the text 'C41®' on a white background.
The word 'capture' in lowercase, stylized with square brackets on either side, black text on a white background.
Logo with text "ccp. centre for contemporary photography" inside a rectangular border.
Logo with text 'Collectif du Hérisson' featuring a hedgehog icon within the letter 'O' in 'Hérisson'.
Chromatic Awards logo with a circular design above the text.
Collexart logo in black text on a white background.
COOPH logo featuring stylized letters and camera aperture design elements on a white background.
The word "DAYLIGHTED" in black capital letters on a white background.
DENFAIR logo with stylized "D" icon
"dodho" text in black cursive font on a white background
Text logo reading 'Emerging Photographer' on a white background.
"F-STOP" text logo in bold black font on white background.
Fine Art Photography Awards logo with geometric design
"FLG" text with geometric brackets logo in black on a white background.
The word "float" in thin, black, lowercase sans-serif font on a white background.
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts logo with "FMoPA" abbreviation in a black square
The word 'FotoRoom' in black text on a white background.
Feature Shoot logo in black text on a white background.
Text reading "gaffa" in bold black font on a white background.
Logo with the text "hEAd oN photo festival" in black, capital letters in a bold font, on a white background.
House of Lucie logo, black text on a white background
Bold black text "INGRAIN" on a white background.
IPA logo with text "int'l photography awards"
Logo of the Indian Photo Festival with a geometric, monochromatic design.
The image displays the word "JOIA" in bold black capital letters on a white background.
Logo for Kolga Tbilisi Photo featuring a stylized black and white camera shutter design on the left and the text 'KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO' on the right.
Stylized text logo spelling "LALA" in black letters on a white background.
LensCulture logo in black text on white background.
Life Framer logo with stylized text on a white background.
Illustration of a person sitting at a desk with a laptop, coffee cup, and plant
Animated cartoon character boy with orange cap and blue backpack walking, wearing white t-shirt and blue shorts.
Lucie Foundation logo in black text on white background.
MGA logo in black text on white background
Logo of Moscow International Foto Awards with stylized text "mifa" and "Moscow International Foto Awards" underneath.
"Month of Photography Los Angeles" text in black on white background.
"momento pro" text logo with underline
Logo of the Minimalist Photography Awards with a geometric shape on the left.
Illustrated logo of a woman's face within a triangular frame, with the text "Muse Photography Awards."
ND Awards logo with black text on a white background.
NVAL International Photography Show logo, featuring bold black text on a white background.
Chewbacca action figure holding a LEGO gun on a white background.
Logo of "One Eyeland" with stylized camera graphic.
Text reading "Photo Chronicles" in black uppercase letters on a white background.
PDN Photo District News logo with stylized lowercase letters "pdn" and full name below.
Black text reading 'Photographer's Forum' on a white background.
Logo of PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery with stylized text and black background.
Logo of Photo Book Melbourne, featuring stylized black geometric shapes on a white background with text "PHOT BOOK MELBOURNE."
The word "PHROOM" in bold, black text on a white background.
Praxis Gallery logo with large "X" and text underneath.
Logo of the Photographic Society of America, featuring bold letters 'PSA' and the phrase 'Photographic Society of America Worldwide' with a circular design.
PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL text in black on a white background
Bold black letters "PX3" on a white background.
Refocus Awards logo with text and graphic element.
Logo with the word "Rokeby" mirrored vertically in bold black font on a white background.
Logo of 'Collectif du Hérisson' with a stylized hedgehog icon.
The word 'SEEN' in bold black letters on a white background.
Seventh Gallery logo in black text on white background.
Siena International Photo Awards logo featuring large black text and a silhouette of a photographer with a camera on a tripod.
"South of Johnston" text in black on white background
Geometric logo above text 'SHOOT THE FRAME' on a white background.
The words "Subjectively, Objective" in bold, black text on a white background.
"The Flying Fruit Bowl" in bold black text on a white background.
Logo of The Independent Photographer with "I•P" inside a square and text to the right.
Text reading "The Modern-Day Explorer" in bold letters.
Logo of The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art
Text "VISIBLE SPECTRUMS" in black on a white background.
"We Are Australian Photography Awards" text logo on a white background.
Stylized tree graphic with "Yard" text, incorporating an arrow design.
YICCA logo with text 'International Contest of Contemporary Art'