(Note: I photographed this back in May, 2012) Most of my Education Week work a bit “inside baseball” — which makes it inherently interesting. Education Week is the newspaper of record for public schools, grade K-12 in the United States. Their audience is smart and specific. Stories about policy and programs are the norms. Common [...]
Feb 11, 2013 | Categories: 10AM Update, Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: 10AM Update, Baltimore, Baltimore City School System, Baltimore Photographer, BCPSS, charter school, City Neighbors School in Hamilton, community journalism, documentary, Education Week, high school, learning, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, Public School | Leave A Comment »
I got to hang out at a library all day, AND IT WAS AWESOME!!! The Goucher College Athenaeum is more than just a library, it’s designed to be a social hub for the students at the small liberal arts college nestled right off I-695 in Towson, Maryland. First of all, this place is gorgeous! …a [...]
Feb 05, 2013 | Categories: Photojournalism, Photos, The Chronicle of Higher Education | Tags: Athenaeum, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Chronicle of Higher, Goucher College, library, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, photo series, Photos | Leave A Comment »
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 »
Photo of Baltimore from The Bolt Bus’s route to NYC. …plus a conversation about class, socioeconomic status and race.
Jul 28, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Bolt Bus, MATT ROTH, passengeering, photo, Photo essay, street photography | Leave A Comment »
A conceptual shoot highlighting Tygarts Valley Middle schoolers in West Virginia making video games rather than playing them, for Education Week.
Jun 13, 2012 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Education Week, lit, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
Portraits and photos of Michael Phelps Working out from 2009. The 2012 London Olympics will be his last competition before retiring as a world class swimmer.
Jun 01, 2012 | Categories: 10AM Update, For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: 10AM Update, Athletes, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Celebrities, For The New York Times, lit, MATT ROTH, Michael Phelps, Olympians, outtakes, photo, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, Swimming, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »
Maryland Deathfest X is full of sweaty, crazy, sweethearts!
May 26, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Deathfest, fest, fun, MATT ROTH, metal, music, photo, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos | 1 Comment »
An eerie bowl of fruit. Plus how I lit it.
May 25, 2012 | Categories: Articles, Food photography, How-to, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, bowl of fruit, cliche, conceptual, food, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, personal work, photo, pretty | Leave A Comment »
Tennis Came to Him. Francis Tiafoe, the top 14-year-old boys Tennis Player in the World.
May 24, 2012 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, Sports Portraits | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, lit, MATT ROTH, New York Times, outtakes, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, tennis | 2 Comments »
Retired Marine Staff Sgt. Ron Shriver uses the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill to be the first in his family to attend college.
May 23, 2012 | Categories: Photojournalism, Photos, reportage, The Chronicle of Higher Education | Tags: A Day In The Life, Baltimore Photographer, Chronicle of Higher Education, MATT ROTH, outtakes, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 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 »
Photos of George Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankee’s Spring training facility.
Apr 22, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, SPORTS, Travel, Vacation/Workation | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Baseball, George Steinbrenner Field, graphic, landscape, Major League Baseball, MATT ROTH, MLB, New York Yankees, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, SPORTS | Leave A Comment »
Network journalists Molly Palmer, and Lee Cowan sparked a romance during the notorious Balloon Boy coverage back in 2009. Last weekend they got married and I covered it for The New York Times Vows section.
Apr 21, 2012 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, Wedding | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, MATT ROTH, New York Times, NYT's, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, wedding | Leave A Comment »
Baseball Factory Yankee Spring Training Experience at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg College.
Mar 20, 2012 | Categories: Marketing, outtakes, Photos, SPORTS | Tags: adolescents, Baltimore Photographer, Baseball, Baseball Camp, Baseball Factory, BF, boys, lit, Little league, Marketing, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photos, SPORTS, teens, Under Armour | Leave A Comment »
My first freelance assignment for The Tampa Bay Times is the USF NCAA Watch Party.
Mar 12, 2012 | Categories: community journalism, Photojournalism, SPORTS, Tampa Bay Times, What's New With Me? | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, basketball, community journalism, MATT ROTH, Photojournalism, Sports Feature, Tampa Bay Times, USF | Leave A Comment »
I was tasked by Education Week director of photography Charlie Borst to find a student in the Baltimore City Public School system to be the face of poverty for a story about how socioeconomic status impacts educational success. Along the way I met homeless family Tameka Harrison and her first-grade son, Jahmal and got to spend a day with them and photograph Jahmal’s School City Spring Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos, reportage | Tags: african american, Baltimore, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore Photographer, black, City Springs School, community journalism, Education, Education Week, elementary school, homeless, Jahmal Harrison, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, poverty, Rhonda Richetta, Students, Tameka Harrison | Leave A Comment »
A photo David Donaldson photographed in 2009 for a New York Times story was relicensed for a New York Review of Books story on public school education, titled “How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools.” David Donaldson, a high school teacher in the Teach for America program, with his students at the Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Sciences, Baltimore, December 2009.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, The New York Review of Books, What's New With Me? | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore City School System, Baltimore Photographer, community journalism, David Donaldson, documentary, Education, MATT ROTH, photo, Photojournalism, Public School, Teach for America, teachers, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »
A scary portrait of Nick DiFabbio (aka ghostfreehood).
Feb 24, 2012 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, dark, fantasy, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Scary Portrait | 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 »
These are from a longer term project I’m working on. All these photos were made
Feb 21, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, reportage | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Florida, Gulf Coast, MATT ROTH, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Treasure Island | 1 Comment »
“Hotloading” is Joe Bugleowicz’s photographic memoir of nearly a year driving a tourist bus in Alaska. It’s really good & super quirky. All the photos in the newspaper were made with a film point & shoot & printed by Newspaper Club.
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 [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
