MATT FORD Photograher Studio

HI I’M MATT FORD

PORTRAIT ARTIST.

FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY AND COLLAGE.

MY CAREER STARTED IN LIVERPOOL WHERE I HAD SEVERAL SOLO & GROUP, PHOTOGRAPHY & ART EXHIBITIONS. THESE EVENTS WHERE IN COLLABORATION WITH LIVERPOOL DESIGN FESTIVAL, LIVERPOOL ART MONTH. SOME OF THIS PERIOD OF WORK, SPECIFICALLY MY FASHION PORTRAITS ARE ON PERMANENT DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL.

DURING MY TIME IN LIVERPOOL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR SEVERAL FRINGE THEATRE PLAYS, AS WELL AS PRODUCING KEY ARTWORK FOR FIVE YEARS OF THE LIVERPOOL FRINGE FESTIVAL, SHINY NEW.

I CREATED WORK FOR OTHER GRASSROOTS, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE TWO INAUGURAL LIVERPOOL PRIDES AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOMOTOPIA FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS HOSTED BY RENOWNED FILM DIRECTOR JOHN WALTERS. ARTWORK FROM THIS NOW HANGS ON THE WALLS OF HIS HOME IN BALTIMORE.

I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY SECOND SOLO EXHIBITION SINCE RELOCATING TO LONDON, VOUYER: STORIES PORTRAIT AND SEX. A PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AND FOLLOW UP TO MY 2021 PRINTS FOR QUEERS SHOW.

MOST OF THE SUBJECTS I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED IN RECENT YEARS ARE LARGER THAN LIFE AND I LIKE TO SHOW THAT AS MUCH AS I CAN.

IT’S BEEN ABOUT CELEBRATING PEOPLE FOR THEIR UNIQUENESS, LETTING THEM SHOW OFF.

AS 2024 PROGRESSES MY NEW WORK TAKES A MORE INTROSPECTIVE AND PERSONAL DIRECTION. SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER EXPLORED BEFORE.