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Brooklyn Photographer Joe Buglewicz released HOTLOADING a quirky memoir/promo book chronicling nearly a year driving a bus in Alaska. The 60 page "book" is printed on full color newsprint and the images were made with a Contax film point & shoot.
My buddy Joe Buglewicz — that’s him, a cigarette, & his “taco meat” up top — just released a rad new promo book, “Hotloading.” Well, it’s actually a newspaper. Check his tumblr here! or, maybe you prefer just the straight up images on his website?
He used Newspaper Club to print this 60 page, full color, book. I TOTALLY wanna use this company for promo books in the future.
So, what’s “Hotloading” about? It’s a photographic memoir of nearly a year driving a tourist bus in Alaska. It’s really good & it’s super quirky. All the photos in the newspaper were made with a film point & shoot (It’s either a Contax T2, or T3, for all you film gear nerds. Joe? help me out here).
Jan 10, 2012 | Categories: Advertising, Articles, Friends, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, bus driver, Friends, fun, Hotloading, Joe Buglewicz, MATT ROTH, photo, Photographer, portrait, PORTRAITS, Promo Book | Leave A Comment »
Over the holidays, I went on a road trip with Mom, her husband, Rick, and Grandmommy from Atlanta down to — get this — Treasure Island, Florida! Yup. Such a place exists. And no. it’s not an amusement park. ha! Can you imagine Grandmommy at an amusement park? hahaha! …we did get her on a Segway, though. But that’s for a later post.
The photos on this post are a bit (more…)
Jan 06, 2012 | Categories: cityscapes, family, landscapes, Personal Work, Photos, Scapes, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, beach, famcatoin, family, Florida, graphic, landscape, MATT ROTH, mood, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, pretty, vacation | Leave A Comment »
Baltimore woman Sheontay Smith, 27, is on a waiting list for subsidized child care. She is photographed Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in the Southwest neighborhood of Baltimore “Sowebo” where she works as an inspection scheduler for the Baltimore Housing Authority. Day care for her three-year-old is $520 a month, her second highest monthly expense next to rent. She could apply for child care assistance if she didn’t have a job.
The New York Times story, which outlines the frustrating (more…)
Jan 05, 2012 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, MATT ROTH, New York Times, outtakes, photo, Photojournalism, Photos | 1 Comment »
AARP Bulletin DOP Michael Wichita called me up a few months ago — actually, while I was in Denver for Geekfest – needing an in-house mock up made so he could pitch an illustration idea to his bosses for a big story they’re doing on the kind of people who use Social Security. He needed it ASAP! So, I grabbed whoever was closest: Denver Post staff video shooter Mahala Gaylord and Denver-based freelancer Ben Rasmussen. Oh. and that’s me on the left.
Michael sent me a fast (more…)
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: AARP BULLETIN, Magazine Work, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: AARP Bulletin, Baltimore Photographer, Benjamen Rasmussen, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest2011, lit, Mahala Gaylord, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Photos, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
I recently realized that I when I listen to music I respond waaaayyy more to the mood a song creates than I do to its lyrics. I always hear how the vocals are sung and never hear what’s being said. Maybe that’s why I like metal?
It didn’t take too long for me to understand I react the same way to photographs.
And as you know, light (more…)
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
City Springs School social studies teacher Nick West catches “Bobby the Beaver,” the talking piece he uses for “circle time,” Thursday, August 25, 2011. His 8th grade home room students, including Dwayne Jefferson, middle, and Jonte Parker, right, use circle time as an opportunity to interact, and discuss issues of concern.
The Baltimore City charter school has implemented several structural practices such as single gender classrooms and the (more…)
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos, reportage | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City School System, Baltimore Photographer, City Springs School, community journalism, Education Week, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photojournalism, Photos, Public School | 2 Comments »
You know how some photographers LOVE shooting weddings while others shoot them every so often to make some extra money? Well, I came to a decision earlier this year that I don’t shoot weddings. I don’t advertise as a wedding photographer. So, I only get referrals from friends. None of my friends can afford my rates ($3200-$5400), and neither can their relatives. So, I never really book weddings. It’s okay. I like having my weekends free.
Another way photographers make extra money are family/kid/baby/and pet portraits. That’s a bit more my speed and interest level. But I don’t really wanna make cheesy glamour shot/Olan Mills pictures, either. I like funny.
So, I got an idea.
Messy Kid Portraits!
Heck! if someone wants a portrait of them and their spouse playing in the mud I’ll shoot that too.
…seriously. I’LL (more…)
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: Friends, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Child Portraiture, Curly Red Design, cute, Friends, fun, funny, Kendall Ludwig, lit, MATT ROTH, Messy Portraits, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School Kindergarteners in Amy Raymond’s class Piper Stephan, left, and Delaney Lane, right, read to each other. Amy Raymond, kindergartener teacher at Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School in Glenelg, Maryland — part of the Howard County Public School System — utilizes Common Core Curriculum to teach her students Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Her class is the first generation of students taught under the new national standards, emphasizing subject mastery.
Thanks to Education Week, I had one of the most adorable assignments I’ve had since (more…)
Dec 13, 2011 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, cute, Education Week, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, wonky | Leave A Comment »
Sally Carle, an interior designer and home organizer from Bethesda, Maryland demonstrates how to thoroughly clean a toilet, Sunday, December 4, 2011. Aside from a minimal amount of bleach, she uses all green products.
I made this wacky wacky photo shoot for (more…)
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Illustration, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, extreme cleaning, fun, funny, Illustration, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Sally Carle, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »
Yup. this is what sometimes happens when I (more…)
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | 1 Comment »
My friend Andrea Wise has a fire juggling brother. So, when I found out I (more…)
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, fire, fire juggling, Friends, lit, MATT ROTH, Matt Wise, photo, photo series, PORTRAITS, pretty | 1 Comment »
The El Mateo!
Luchador mask courtesy of the limited edition “Weird Sports” book by Sol Neelman.
Check it out: I’m in good company.
Nov 30, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Personal Work, PORTRAITS, self portrait, SPORTS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, fun, funny, lit, Luchador, MATT ROTH, photo, portrait, self portrait, Why The Hell Not? | Leave A Comment »
What better way to sell aprons than to set stuff on fire, right?
We cracked a few eggs, too. LITERALLY!
So, if you’re a person who’s easily offended by exploding yolks, don’t go any further.
Seriously, though. The egg breaking photos are (more…)
Nov 28, 2011 | Categories: Advertising, Friends, Illustration, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Ad campaign, Advertising, Aprons, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Charm City Craft Mafia, City Sparrow, concept, conceptual, Friends, fun, funny, Holiday Heap 2011, Kristen Rigney, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Retro Renovation | 2 Comments »
Kal Penn, actor and former Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement, is photographed in a neighborhood of northwestern D.C. Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
I got to meet a movie star a few weeks ago! Kal Penn!
Some of you might know him as Kumar, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, or Gogol from The Namesake.
…but I imagine his White House security badge said (more…)
Nov 23, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | 1 Comment »
ABC News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz sits in her office at the ABC Washington DC Bureau Thursday, October 13, 2011.
Martha is a super cool person. When we were setting up the shoot for a New York Times profile, she wanted to know what I was thinking for the shoot. So, I threw out a few ideas, then she paused and asked: would you be interested in (more…)
Nov 23, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: ABC, Baltimore Photographer, lit, Martha Raddatz, MATT ROTH, News, NYT's, photo, Photojournalism, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent | Leave A Comment »
