Eich Matt : photographer

Matt Eich (b. 1986) is a freelance photographer and founding member of LUCEO. His work is rooted in memory, both personal and collective and he strives to approach every photograph with a sense of intimacy.  He believes that stories are the fabric of history and that they have the power to inform and transform. While he has worked on five continents, Matt’s images focus on his own back yard, often exploring communities, the issues they face and their sense of identity.
In September of 2004 he began his studies in photojournalism at Ohio University and in 2006 he was named the 61st College Photographer of the Year. His life and the focus of his work shifted dramatically when his daughter Madelyn was born in October 2007. The following summer of 2008, Matt interned with National Geographic Magazine, traveling to Peru, India, Rwanda and Botswana before returning to Ohio to complete his degree.
While finishing school Matt began working as a freelance photographer for clients that have come to include GQ, Esquire, Newsweek, Mother Jones, TIME, Men’s Journal, The FADER, Smithsonian, More, Harper’s, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Businessweek, US News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Apple and others.
In 2009 Matt won POYi’s Community Awareness Award, The Magenta Foundation’s Bright Spark Award, was a finalist for the W. Eugene Smith Grant and was selected for the 16th World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. In 2010 he was awarded the HCP Juried Fellowship at the Houston Center For Photography, was named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch, received the F25 Award for Concerned Photography and the National Geographic Innovation in Storytelling Grant. Most recently Eich is the recipient of an Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship.
His work has been exhibited internationally including three solo shows at The Houston Center for Photography, Blue Sky Gallery and Lorrie Saunders ArtGallery, with three upcoming solo exhibitions in Chicago, Denver and Virginia Beach. Pieces from long term projects are included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Portland Art Museum, Sentara Healthcare St. Luke’s Hospital and numerous private collections.
Matt and his family now live in Norfolk, Virginia where he works on long-term projects while compulsively documenting everything around him.

To contact Matt directly:
1-757-319-7053
eich.matt(at)gmail.com
http://www.matteichphoto.com