User:SummitPhotoNH

Matt grew up in New Hampshire on the outskirts of Canaan, nearby to where the Appalachian Trail crosses the Old Grafton Turnpike. He has long felt a deep connection to the people and the landscape of the Granite State, and over time that connection has developed into a full-blown passion. Matt owes his loving perspective of New Hampshire to the Hills of the White Mountains. He has hiked all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4000 Footers, and he often returns to places found along the way to capture their beauty in new and interesting ways. Matt has also proudly hiked the 31.5 mile Pemi Loop; an arduous loop that he did on his own, and in a continuous 15 hour period in August of 2010. Matt says that there is no way to properly describe how the Mountains have humbled and changed him over the years. However, through artfully-composed pictures, he finds ways to rebuild the experiences, to talk about them articulately, and to write about them keenly. It is Matt’s firm belief that only through freezing moments as they unfold before the camera that the mind and the senses are truly supported in remembering, and truly capable of reliving.

It was the pursuit of solitude and of self, and the departure from comfortable spaces where Summit Photo of NH all began.

Matt works a day job in the Financial Services Industry, and clings to his creative side during evenings, weekends, and any other time he can sneak away to get behind the camera. He has shot weddings for several years in places all over New England. Matt graduated from the University of New Hampshire and holds a degree in Anthropology (Magna Cum Laude), a program of study that furthered his intrigue for people and the things that make them interesting. He is also a member of the Mount Washington Observatory, and each year he hikes to the summit to volunteer for one consecutive week for them, his favorite non-profit organization.

Matt gives most of his artistic credit to his parents, who encouraged him to do more with his passion for the arts early in life, and to his wife who encouraged and supported him to do more in more recent years.