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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Common Core Standards for Education Week
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 »
Just so you know… I’m absolutely horrible at this game. I scored the least amount of points, whereas Nick was 2nd best and the best on his team. Our team would’ve been obliterated had we not had Michael Bracco and all of his good looking luck. Man! …I hate that guy. I mean, have you seen his
Oct 27, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, Jamie Noguchi, MATT ROTH, Michael Bracco, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, Super Art Fight | Leave A Comment »
We played mini Golf in
Oct 27, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: bachelor party, Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, MATT ROTH, miniature golf, Nick Borkow, Nick DiFabbio, Ocean City, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, Super Art Fight | Leave A Comment »
Click the “I” button in the top left corner to see who is who and what they do.
Oct 26, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, nerd culture, nerds, Nerf Gun War, nerf Guns, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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 | 1 Comment »
After Geekfest was over, Todd Spoth, Monica Lopossay & I went to see the
Oct 05, 2011 | Categories: Friends, landscapes, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, Scapes, Travel | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Big Sky, Denver, Friends, fun, Geekfest2011, landscape, Landscapes, MATT ROTH, Mountains, nature, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, pretty, Rocky Mountains | Leave A Comment »
Brinita Ricks, 20, middle, a Wilson College senior is getting attention from five-year-old son Troy Ricks, right, and Bella Smith during dinner at the Jensen Dining Hall Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Dana Hill, 26, walks past on the right, while Hill’s daughter DaNya Ford, 7, eats, left. Ricks, Hill, and Bella’s mother Whitney Gress take [...]
Sep 19, 2011 | Categories: Photojournalism, Photos, The Chronicle of Higher Education | Tags: A Day In The Life, Baltimore Photographer, MATT ROTH, Moms With Children Program, Only Children, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Single Moms, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wilson College | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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 »
Volunteers for Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell meet during a rally at Brecknock Park in Camden, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010. Over the weekend I photographed what’s becoming an important Republican Senate primary race in Delaware for The New York Times. On the one hand we have
Sep 08, 2010 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: Delaware, GOP, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, Politics, Senate Primary, Tea Part, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »
The National Kidney Foundation of Maryland is using
Jul 16, 2010 | Categories: community journalism, Photojournalism, Photos, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Tags: Baltimore, community journalism, fun, graphic, outtakes, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, pretty, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | 4 Comments »
A super costume wins the costume contest for Como, 3, during the Columbia Association’s first Welcome Event of the year, Dog Day Afternoon held at Hopewell Park in Columbia Saturday, April 17, 2010. Como, a rescue boxer, was shown by his owner Jody Stacoffe, from Elkridge. I was not excited about the high noon sun [...]
Apr 21, 2010 | Categories: Essays, outtakes, Photos, PORTRAITS, The Patuxent Publishing Co., Why The Hell Not? | Tags: animals, community journalism, conceptual, cute, dogs, fun, funny, Photo essay, PORTRAITS, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | 4 Comments »
Below are photos I recently made for an AARP Bulletin story about how New Jersey’s high property taxes effect seniors on fixed incomes. Corinne Bell, partially obscured by artificial flowers on her kitchen table, has lived in the home she and her husband built for 52 years. The widow now lives with three cats, Tiny, Cece, [...]
Apr 19, 2010 | Categories: AARP, My Best, outtakes, Photojournalism, Photos | Tags: AARP, documentary, emotion, outtakes, Photo essay, Photojournalism, seniors | 3 Comments »
