ABOUT
IMAGE STILLS: Photography Services specializes in content photography, archival digitization, and visual narrative photography. Services include editorial and commercial content, portraiture, artwork documentation, histories, photographic surveys, product imagery, and process documentation. The studio also offers project consulting, crafting strategies that align with various creative goals and budgets.
IMAGE STILLS is a Rochester, NY-based photography studio owned and operated by Matthew Walker. The studio engages contemporary photography with a strong foundation in the arts, humanities, and industry. Matt welcomes project consultations and commissions near and far. A broad range of photographic techniques are customized and applied to serve diverse clients, including individuals, private collections, institutions, and businesses of all sizes and locations.
Whether working in-studio or on-site, the studio ensures that each project receives high-quality, personalized creative solutions designed to meet and exceed expectations. For long-lasting web presence, digital collections management, and print services, IMAGE STILLS provides clients with unique and accessible content suitable for various mediums, platforms, and applications. Service inquiries are always welcome.
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BIOGRAPHY
Matt’s photography, work with digital media, and teaching have shaped an interdisciplinary approach that informs the unique perspective and methodology he brings to his studio and consultancy. With over two decades of working in higher education, Matt has taught photography at Ithaca College and in the MFA programs at Syracuse University and Visual Studies Workshop, in addition to several years leading history courses across academia. Matt’s creative process is deeply rooted in the visual intricacies of time-informed research, ephemeral exploration, and location studies, framed within a loose documentary-style framework exploring creative concepts and sensibilities.
Matt holds an MFA in Visual Studies from the Visual Studies Workshop, an MA in History, and a BA in Communications Studies. Visual Studies Workshop Press published his photobooks Iroquoia (2007) and Recollection (2011), which are included in the Independent Press and Artist Book Collection at VSW. Matt’s photography is represented in renowned collections, including the Menschel Library at the George Eastman Museum, the Light Work Collection at Syracuse University, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
Photography Services: imagestills.com | Fine Art Photography: mwalkerphoto.com
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