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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 »
The Baltimore City charter school City Springs has implemented several structural practices such as single gender classrooms and the Restorative Practices pedagogy.
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 »
Making messy portraits of kids …or whoever!
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 »
When practicing a new lighting set up turns juvenile!
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
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.
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?
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 »
BOY! Doesn’t this post’s title sound cocky!? All that means is Jen Rynda replaced me at the Patuxent Publishing Company when I quit last December. And In case you’re curious, she’s doing a great job. She’s also putting a fresh new face on the Athletes of the Year photos — which, I suppose if I [...]
Oct 19, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Friends, Jen Rynda, Lastolite TriGrip, lit, MATT ROTH, Nikon, photo, Photos, Pocket Wizard, Pocket Wizard Flex, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, run and gun, SB-900, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Leave A Comment »
“I had to stop telling people I live in Ballston, because they think I’m saying ‘Boston.’ So I just say Arlington,” says the lovely and talented photographer Melissa Golden, who’s now a new home owner, the day before moving day Sunday, September 25, 2011. For this post I wanted to showcase what Melissa’s condo was going [...]
Oct 10, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: adult, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, condo, empty, Friends, ginger, glamour, MATT ROTH, Melissa Golden, new home owner, photo, photo series, PORTRAITS, pretty, red hair, Social Portrait | 13 Comments »
Members of the Iverson Mall Walkers walk the upstairs at Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland Wednesday, September 14, 2011. This was an early shoot (yaaaaawn/streeetch), but
Oct 06, 2011 | Categories: AARP BULLETIN, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: AARP Bulletin, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos | Leave A Comment »
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Rickie Fowler made 18 pitching attempts for a blind hole-in-one stunt at the Red Bull Capital Drive in the Georgetown waterfront in Washington DC Saturday, June 11, 2011. Rickie Fowler ultimately pitched one ball, the one he hit in the above photo, in fact, into the hole positioned over [...]
Oct 05, 2011 | Categories: Magazine Work, Photos, Red Bull Photofiles, SPORTS, The Red Bulletin | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Georgetown, golf, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Red Bull, Red Bull Photofiles, Rickie Folwer, SPORTS, The Red Bulletin | Leave A Comment »
Urban farmer (and my neighbor) Matt Fouse with his
Sep 23, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, chickens, conceptual, Friends, lit, Matt Fouse, MATT ROTH, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Rat Czar, urban farming | Leave A Comment »
So, yeah… there’s another photographer named Matt Roth out there. Professionally, he goes by Matthew Aaron Roth, but to all his friends he’s Matt Roth. Luckily we shoot different subjects. I’m more of a portrait & editorial guy, and he’s an “adventure” photographer. Our only overlap is
Sep 22, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Friends, lit, MATT ROTH, Matthew Aaron Roth, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
Mychael Wright, a friend of mine, agreed to let me make a few lit portraits of him about a month ago. It was a few days after Hurricane Irene came through and his power was still out. So, I used a portable battery pack. Recently I’ve been trying to make as many
Sep 22, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, learning, lit, MATT ROTH, Mychael Wright, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | 2 Comments »
A few months ago I went outside to test a beat up old 24mm lens to see if those HUGE SCRATCHES on the front element would be visible if I took a picture, and that’s when I met Clarence – my neighbor — who I’ve never met before. He was walking down the sidewalk braggin’ to whoever [...]
Aug 24, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Hampden, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, portrait | 2 Comments »
These are photos from a shoot held on the Bryn Mawr School campus in Baltimore, MD, Sunday, June 19, 2011 for The Collective’s “aLIVE” show at the Creative Alliance Fri Aug 26, 8pm. This shoot was a lotta fun and it went exactly how I like em’ to go… a little
Aug 23, 2011 | Categories: Dance!, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Dance!, Friends, fun, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, Modern Dance, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, The Collective | Leave A Comment »
Yes. Annapolis High School graduating senior Sara Dean, is asking another girl to prom. And no, neither are
Aug 05, 2011 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: Annapolis High School, Baltimore, documentary, Education Week, emotion, MATT ROTH, photo, Photojournalism, Photos, Prom, Reportage, Sara Dean | Leave A Comment »
Jess
Apr 17, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, Why The Hell Not? | Tags: Baltimore, blue, Friends, graphic, jessica fultz, photo, PORTRAITS, pretty, red, Why The Hell Not? | Leave A Comment »
The management of Garrison Middle School, a Baltimore City Public School, was taken over by Global Partnership Schools, a private company charged with turning the formerly underperforming school around. I shot a really interesting assignment for Education Week Thursday, February 24, 2011. In some districts across the nation, private, for profit companies are being allowed to [...]
Mar 16, 2011 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Public School System, Charter Schools, Education Week, Garrison Middle School, outtakes, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos | 1 Comment »
Neil Hamburger Last night (March 14, 2011) The Ottobar hosted a night of comedy, featuring Neil Hamburger, Kenny “K-Strass” Strasser, “Major Entertainer” Mike H, and comedy duo Dan and Alex. aaaaaand I went! — with my friend Monica. It was HILARIOUS! As I’m sure you’ve noticed… I brought my camera, too. When making pictures at [...]
Mar 15, 2011 | Categories: Live!, Photos, Why The Hell Not? | Tags: Baltimore, COMEDY, fun, funny, KENNY K-STRASS STRASSER, Neil Hamburger, OTTOBAR, photo, STAND UP | Leave A Comment »
For the last four years I’ve spent Christmas Day with my girlfriend Jess and her family. And it’s soooo weird to me. You see, I’m an only child. And I was raised by a single mom. …and, to an extent, my grandparents. For a while, my mom and I actually lived with grandparents and my [...]
Jan 27, 2011 | Categories: family, Friends, My People n' stuff, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Personal Work, Photos, Why The Hell Not? | Tags: Baltimore, Christmas, documentary, emotion, family, Friends, fun, funny, girlfriend, Holiday Season, photo, Photos | Leave A Comment »
Why oh why do I love this picture? Everything about this shoot makes me roll my eyes. First of all, I’m breaking one of my cardinal rules! I HATE HATE HATE making portraits of people holding books, or whatever it is the writer decides the story is also about. So, I don’t do it. If [...]
Jan 27, 2011 | Categories: community journalism, Friends, Hang Outs, My Best, outtakes, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, Sports Portraits, The Patuxent Publishing Co., Uncategorized, Why The Hell Not? | Tags: Baltimore, best of 2010, community journalism, cute, funny, lit, portrait, shoot for yourself, SPORTS, The Patuxent Publishing Co., Why The Hell Not? | Leave A Comment »
The following are photos of Shawna Potter, Brooks Harlan and their fat cat Chaos at Big Crunch Amp and Guitar Repair. There’s a common conception that photo shoots are either all work-generated or for the whims of vein people. And to those people I ask: WHAT ABOUT THE FUN OF IT? Some of the photos [...]
Sep 09, 2010 | Categories: Friends, Photos, PORTRAITS, Toy Camera, Why The Hell Not? | Tags: Baltimore, Diana F+, Friends, fun, funny, lit, Lomo, Lomography, photo series, PORTRAITS, Toy Camera, Why The Hell Not? | Leave A Comment »
