Tel: 215 3001789

I am a Philadelphia editorial, portrait and commercial photographer.

I provide full-service imaging solutions for corporate, editorial and advertising clients. I photograph both in the studio and on location, producing studio portraits, environmental portraits and lifestyle images for a varied selection of clients. I work throughout the northeast including New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. As a commercial photographer, I specialize not only in posing and creating imagery, but also in documenting and capturing natural moments and real action.

Recent work, case studies, and personal projects are on my blog.

In addition to being a commercial photographer, I maintain a fine art practice. My fine art work is rooted in ideas of progress, landscape and land usage. My work has won numerous awards and has been featured both in exhibitions and publications. 

As a fine art photographer, I accept private design commissions, working with corporate and private clients on custom requests through concept, production and presentation. If you have interest in these services, please reach out through my fine art site.  All relevant contact information for my artistic practice can be found at that site, including a full CV.

University of Pennsylvania | Wharton School of Business| Arkema Inc. | Air Liquide | School of the Pennsylvania Ballet | University of Denver | Hotels.com| John Templeton Foundation | Lehigh University | Sartomer Chemicals | CARF (Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation) | CAPA Pictures

CV 2018
Matthew Bender
b.1985 Ephrata, PA
2006 A.S.T, Antonelli Institute, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.matthewbenderstudios.com - Commercial Studio
https://www.matthewbenderphoto.com - Fine Art Practice

Commercial Studio Clients
University of Pennsylvania | Wharton School of Business| Arkema Inc. | Air Liquide | School of the Pennsylvania Ballet | University of Denver | Hotels.com| John Templeton Foundation | Lehigh University | Sartomer Chemicals | CARF (Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation) | CAPA Pictures


Fine Art - Awards and Acknowledgements
2015 Photo Review Best of Show, Tenth Place
2014 Lens, Perspective Gallery, Second Runner Up
2014 National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, Honorable Mention

Fine Art - Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2015 Tracing Like Fingers/Stages of Persuasion, (Two Person show with Justin Nolan), Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL

Fine Art - Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 A Photographic Survey of Philadelphia, 990 Spring Garden Gallery Space, Philadelphia, PA 
2018 CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) myCIO Wealth Partners LLC, commissioned exhibition, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA (Continued)
2017 CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) myCIO Wealth Partners LLC, commissioned exhibition, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Everyday Philadelphia, Indie Photo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Space, Camera Commons, Dover, NH
2016 Space, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center Passageway Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 Members Show, juried by Tim Wride (Norton Museum of Art), Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2016 The Photo Re-Imagined, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2016 Open Juried Exhibition, juried by Paula Tognarelli (Griffin Museum of Photography), Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2015 Photo Review Best of Show, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 6th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Photography 34, juried by Stephen Perloff (The Photo Review), Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
2015 Photo LA (with Off the Clock 2014 APA show), Los Angeles, CA
2014 Winter Solstice Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2014 2014 National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Lens 2014 International Juried Competition, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
2014 The National, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2014 Off the Clock 2014, APA LA Chapter Member Show, juried by Britt Salvesen (LACMA Curator of Photography), Los Angeles, CA

Fine Art - Publication
2018 MANIFEST INPHA 6 (Upcoming)
2017 Home and Away, group zine, Same Coin Press
2016 Na h-Eileanan, published by Wilbureditions
2016 MANIFEST INPHA 4
2015 Issue 103, On Landscape Magazine
2015 Issue 74, Fraction Magazine
2013 Cities, F-Stop Magazine Issue #61