The Cut Ups

I got looking back through some of my old images this morning, while procrastinating calling clients.

I came across a series I did for a local magazine. There were eight or ten products in all, photographed in pieces, printed out and taped together.

It got me thinking about where I had started in this business and where I was going. Like so many photographers who have been weaned off film for digital, I thought about techniques that we had used in the past but were no big thing now.

It will be very interesting to look back in ten years at what we think of as cool now.

What will be out? What will be in? What defines retro then?

Somedays, I miss film. But, most of the time I don't.

Does that mean I spend most of my time looking ahead? What about today?


Images ©Matthew McKee
Model: Julie Gilmartin
Makeup: Cynthia Murphy
Jacket by Harley Davidson

Happy Halloween everyone!

Darker than a Backbay back alley, the night comes
swiftly across the road to greet you.

There is a low, almost subliminal, atonal
vibration that begins behind your spleen.


There it is again!

What is going on?

A fog appears, as if pushed from behind a grave
stone, wrapping around an eerie yellow light.

Something flutters from above!

A scream cuts through the cold air!

Ah, no, wait. That was me. I just
realized we are out of peanut butter cups.

Happy Halloween!

(hey, we did a movie of that night...
and the production leading up to it.
Check it out here

The Most Fabulous Story

I do pro bono projects from time to time. Generally, these are conceptual based projects that are interesting and give me a chance to explore work or a subject that I have not had a chance to tackle before.



This particular project was for a friend of mine, who was producing a production of "The Most Fabulous Story."

As I understand it, it is a funny story about an alternative Adam and Eve scenario in the Garden of Eden. Unfortunately, I never did manage to get to the show.











I did get to work with some marvelously talented people, who work in "ordinary" day jobs.

But, at night, they have an incredible passion that they exercise every chance they get.

That is reward enough.

Matt