Photographer & Visual Artist

I’m a photographer and visual artist whose practice bridges documentary, portraiture, and experimental image-making. Based in Portsmouth on the south coast of the UK, my work explores light, memory, and the spaces between perception and form.

For nearly two decades I’ve photographed people and stories across theatre, film, and music — creating intimate portraits and behind-the-scenes imagery for leading entertainment productions and publications. That documentary sensibility continues to shape my visual art practice, where I explore how photography can move beyond the frame to become object, form, and experience.

Working under the name Mateo, I’ve been developing an innovative process that fuses alternative photography with ceramic — transforming light and memory into tactile, architectural pieces. This evolution represents a natural progression in my creative journey: expanding from capturing moments to shaping them materially.

My work has been exhibited, commissioned, and published internationally, and my first book Curtain Call was released in 2016. My portraiture has been twice selected for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain Award.

National Theatre // Levis // Rolling Stone UK // Working Title // Lions Gate Films // Universal Pictures // Samsung // YoungVic // Burn (Coca-Cola) // FatFace // British Library // Royal Academy of Arts // the Guardian // Financial Times // You Magazine // Royal Court Theatre // Shakespeare’s Globe // Theatre Royal Bath

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 - November - Duality Exhibition - Colonnade House, Worthing, UK

2025 - August - Pepita Art Festival - Brighton, UK

2025 - June - 100 Collectors Lounge, Exhibition - Lisbon, Portugal

2025 - March-May - Traces of Being, Exhibition - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK

2025 - February - ETH Bucharest, Exhibition - National Library of Romania

2024 - September - Artcrush Digital Billboards Exhibition - Melbourne, Australia

2024 - August - HUG 100 Photographers to Watch, Book - Snap Collective

2024 - February - Curated Drop, Exhibition - Crypt Gallery, New York, USA

2023 - November - Transient Labs x Canvas3.0 Exhibition - Superchief Gallery, New York, USA

2023 - June - Portuguese Sea, Exhibition - Lisbon, Portugal

2023 - March - CREO Gallery Exhibition - Munich, Germany

2023 - April - Exhibition - Black Box Gallery, New York, USA

2019 - September - BJP Portrait of Britain, Exhibition - London, UK

2017 - September - BJP Portrait of Britain, Exhibition - London, UK

2016 - November-December - Curtain Call Exhibition - Leica City London, UK

2016 - February-August - Curtain Up! Exhibition - V&A Museum, London, UK

2011 - November - 31thirtyone Portrait Exhibition - Strand Gallery, London, UK

2010 - November - 31thirtyone Portrait Exhibition - Strand Gallery, London, UK