Photos for the New York Times’ Style Section of DC “politico hipster” nightlife in the district’s cool new neighborhood, H Street, NE.
Jan 19, 2013 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, DC, fun, funny, granville moore's, H Street Country Club, H Street NE, Hipsters, MATT ROTH, mini-golf, outtakes, photo, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, Sticky Rice, The New York Times, young people | Leave A Comment »
Instead of Paying Tom McCarthy by check for assisting me with an ESPN shoot, I showered him in cash money! Makin’ it Rain!
Dec 22, 2012 | Categories: ESPN The Magazine, Friends, Marketing, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, cigar, conceptual, five dollar bills, Friends, fun, funny, lit, Makin it rain, MATT ROTH, money, photo, photo series, photography, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, ridiculous, smoke, suit, Tom McCarthy Jr, toy helicopter, US Currency | Leave A Comment »
Acting a fool… Jumping on a motel bed in West Virginia.
Apr 23, 2012 | Categories: Marketing, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, cute, focal plane, fp-mode, fun, funny, high-speed sync, Jumping On Beds, lit, MATT ROTH, nikon D700, Nikon SB-900, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
Nick Borkowicz, (aka Ghostfreehood) the bands Avec, and Attractive and Popular were game for an impromptu “zombie” shoot after their show …at a bar I forgot the name of, Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Nick wanted the photos to use as templates for drawings. That’s why no one
Feb 25, 2012 | Categories: 10AM Update, Friends, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: 10AM Update, Attractive and Popular, Avec, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, early work, Friends, fun, funny, ghostfreehood, lit, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, zombies | Leave A Comment »
Portraits of Elizabeth Cline, Author of the Penguin Press book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Price of Cheap Fashion.
Feb 23, 2012 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, outtakes, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Author, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, book, dark, Elizabeth Cline, Friends, fun, funny, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, metal, outtakes, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Price of Cheap Fashion, Penguin Press, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, sword | Leave A 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 [...]
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 »
Making messy portraits of Margot
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 »
Bethesda home organizer and interior designer Sally Carle shows how to destroy toilet germs, while staying green, for a New York Times story.
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 | 1 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 »
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 »
Dozens of drag queens raced down 17th Street, between P and S Streets NW near DuPont Circle Tuesday October 25th, 2011. The race is 25 years old! How’s that for stick-to-it-ive-ness? While you’re looking through the photos, I want y’all to play a game. It’s kinda like “Where’s Waldo,” but we’re gonna call it
Oct 31, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, SPORTS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Drag Queens, female impersonators, fun, funny, gay, GBLT, high heels, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, transvestites, Washington DC, weird sports | 3 Comments »
Three words: NERF GUN BATTLE!
Oct 26, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Hang Outs, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: bachelor party, Baltimore Photographer, battle, Friends, fun, funny, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, nerd culture, nerds, nerf gun, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, Photo essay, photo series, spaghettikiss, Super Art Fight | Leave A Comment »
In case y’all haven’t heard of The Image Deconstructed blog, it’s an amazing resource! It deals with photographers’ mental processes & as a whole, gives insite into how photographers think — and sometimes feel — when they’re making pictures. It’s the brain child of Ross Taylor, who — and it should go without saying — [...]
Oct 24, 2011 | Categories: PORTRAITS, The Patuxent Publishing Co., What's New With Me? | Tags: animals, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, funny, learning, lit, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Ross Taylor, Social Portrait, The Image Deconstructed, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Leave A Comment »
This is it. This is the last Geekfest-specific post from Denver. For a recap, here are
Oct 07, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest, Geekfest2011, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos | Leave A Comment »
After Kevin Martin was bested by a prank spearheaded by Bettina Hansen he gets a scrap of revenge. …He’s loved.
Oct 07, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest, Geekfest2011, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos | Leave A Comment »
This Geekfest post is, by far, the MOST energetic. Up top, we got luchadores throwing hadouken blasts. Below, there’s evidence of the infamous Kevin Martin prank… and
Oct 05, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Hang Outs, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest, Geekfest2011, Kevin Martin, Luchadore, Male Stripper, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos | 2 Comments »
Oct 05, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest, Geekfest2011, Kevin Martin, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos | Leave A Comment »
This is Stephen Michaels. He’s probably one of my favorite people.
Sep 12, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Stephen Michaels | 2 Comments »
Since I’ve been in Atlanta I’ve been wanting to make a portrait of Rick and Mom for her Birthday — which is TODAY!!! August 17th!!! Happy Birthday, Mom! They got married last summer, and I really like Rick. He’s a great guy, wonderful to my mom, and they make each other happy. They get each [...]
Aug 17, 2011 | Categories: family, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, Travel, Vacation/Workation | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Debbie Chase, family, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, Mom, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Rick Chase | Leave A Comment »
This is the third and final (and most fun) installment from the backyard photoshoots featuring Luceo photographers Kendrick Brinson & David Walter Banks. David has a “non-photo friend” in Ashville who sends him weekly photo challenges. They showing off how crazy their weekends were via photo texts. They call this little escapade, “Sunday Fun Day.” [...]
Aug 13, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, David Walter Banks, Friends, fun, funny, Kendrick Brinson, lit, Luceo, personal project, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, projects, self portrait | 2 Comments »
Dr. Logan King, Equine Veterinarian, and I are long time college friends. — which is surprising considering I forgot his name the first three, maybe four, times we met. Luckily I redeemed myself by remembering every other fact about him. He’s valedictorian of his high school, pre-vet, loves grindcore. …I even remembered the layout of [...]
Aug 12, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photojournalism, Photos, reportage | Tags: A Day In The Life, animals, Dr. Logan King, Equine Veterinarian, Friends, fun, funny, Georgia, horses, McDonough, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, Reportage | Leave A Comment »
Her husband Jeff and her best friend Lori celebrate Keri’s 30th birthday pool party at her brother Kyle and sister-in-law Christina’s house in Marietta, GA Sunday, July 31, 2011. Keri’s on the right, by the way. So… I decided it might be fun if I turned the day into
Aug 10, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Advertising, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Editorial, Friends, fun, funny, Georgia, lit, Marietta, mcmansion, outdoor, photo, photo series, Photos, Pool, pool party, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, Sunny, upper middle class, young adults | Leave A Comment »
Instead of crashing on someone’s couch or …worse yet, a bathtub, for my 33rd birthday in Athens, GA, I decided to spring for a hotel room at the Holiday Inn Saturday, August 6, 2011. So, while I was waiting for Logan King and Melissa Holmes to get ready for dinner, I made some …uh, self [...]
Aug 09, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Athens, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, fun, funny, Georgia, Holiday Inn, lit, MATT ROTH, MATTROTHPHOTO, photo, photo series, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
