As is typical, Michelle was referred to Matt by a mutual acquaintance in the late summer of 2021 as life was beginning to return to normal. Michelle was gearing up to make a mark on the event world with her nascent planning business Ethos Event Collective. She was looking to co-create imagery that would reinforce […]
As the world began to reopen after COVID, Kumar Parakala — then Founder and CEO of GHD Digital — needed something many executives suddenly found themselves needing at once: a library of images that could carry his growing profile as a speaker and thought leader across social media and public platforms. The challenge wasn't technical. […]
Another introduction through the tennis club led to an internal event assignment — and it was Matt's composure and instincts on the day, as much as the final images, that earned the next call. JLL brought him in to create three-quarter-length portraits and headshots for senior executives during a full day of meetings, and the […]
No case study captures the full range of what it means to help someone be seen quite like this one. Matt and Beth met at a tennis club in River Forest, and the very first assignment had nothing to do with business at all — documenting her then-husband's turn as Chicago's Hometown Hero Runner-Up with […]
Matt met the Ahlgren’s at the tennis club in his old neighborhood. Robert Ahlgren is one of Chicago’s most established immigration attorneys. Back in the 1970s he had a regular show on public access television. Bob and his wife, Sally, commissioned him to photograph their extended family over the course of several sessions in 2008. […]
Thirteen years, thousands of portraits, and a visual record of two institutions becoming one.
A referral brought Matt in to create executive portraits for Cushman & Wakefield's C-suite, including the CEO and CMO — the kind of assignment where the goal isn't simply a flattering photograph, but an image that carries the weight of the role. It worked. Later that year, an internal event in Chicago followed, and with […]
The first work Matt did for the Cubs was in the early 2000’s when he ran DeltaQuest Imaging, one of the country’s first digital portrait labs. The team photographer, Steve Green, brought print work such as the iconic “…Signs with Cubs” photos taken on the Marquee, player action photos to be handed out to superfans, […]