Matthew Welch

Matthew Welch is a Los Angeles based photographer who has resided variously in New York, London and Sweden. When not roaming the world taking landscape and travel photos and shooting Flows, he has shot advertising campaigns for clients like Kodak and . He began his photographic career in the late 80’s shooting concert photos for various indie bands like Jawbox and Fugazi and also SPIN Magazine. He worked with Kodak in the mid 90s, and was an early pioneer launching digital photography with Kodak, back when advanced digital cameras were 1 megapixel.

He studied photography and psychology and has degrees from Harvard and Georgetown. While at Georgetown, he was a teaching assistant to Dr. Dave Carter, and worked with Professor Carter to develop the Psychology & Photography curriculum. This study of the psychological aspects of photography influences his work to this day.

Matthew rides a '76 BMW R90/6 and has been known to enjoy a little tequila every now and then...Given a choice, he'd rather be on a dusty road with his camera and his motorcycle, sleeping under the stars, ready to shoot a Flow. Matthew's book of Flows, Just Another Day, was published in 9 languages and, at almost 40,000 copies, the first edition was one of t...

Bachelor's degree - Georgetown
Master's degree - Harvard

American Panoramic, Pacific Coast Gallery
Ride the Wild Wheels - Pacific Coast Gallery
Fun. No Fun. - Pacific Coast Gallery