Matt Apgar
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Location | New Jersey, United States |
| Introduction | Matthew Apgar enjoys capturing moments, recording life's little snippets and making them endure in a rectangular frame, to be cherished for years to come. With more than twelve years experience (and counting!) as a photojournalist, Matt has developed his passion for photography into a career of creating memories. **************************************** Matthew has been published in multiple countries and throughout the United States. He is an alumni of the Eddie Adams Workshop, Barnstorm XVI in 2003 and has a BFA in Photojournalism from Rochester Institute of Technology. His photographs have received multiple awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA.org), the New Jersey Press Photographers Association (NJPPA.org), the New Jersey Press Association (NJPA.org), and Sportsshooter.com. He also received awards in the College Photographer of the Year competition (CPOY.org), two years in a row. **************************************** Matthew currently resides in New Jersey and is accepting freelance assignments worldwide. |
| Interests | Photography, Photojournalism |
| Favorite movies | All the X-Men movies, Harry Potter series, Lord Of The Rings series, Spiderman 1-3, Ironman, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Prestige, The Illusionist, Pan's Labrynth, 300, all the Indiana Jones movies, Hancock, The Chronicles of Narnia, Hellboy 2, The Stand, Rose Red, Dreamcatcher, Storm of the Century, Donnie Darko, Sin City, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Superman Returns, Boondock Saints, The Crow, Resident Evil, 28 Days Later, Brokeback Mountain, Magnolia, Bad Santa, Silence of the Lambs, Dawn of the Dead, X-Files: Fight the Future, Training Day, Pecker, War Photographer, Full Metal Jacket, Seven, Big Fish, The Secret Of Nimh, Blade 1-3, Pirates of the Caribbean, If These Walls Could Talk 1 & 2, It's My Party, Philadelphia, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, etc...man, I could really go on forever. I love movies and have a huge dvd collection. |
| Favorite music | Atreyu, Funeral For a Friend, Underoath, The Postal Service, boysetsfire, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Thursday, The Used, Alkaline Trio, Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Green Day, Anberlin, Thrice, Saosin, Student Rick, Hawthorne Heights, Matt Skiba, The Early November, Hidden In Plain View, Senses Fail, the movielife, New Found Glory, Saves The Day, Modest Mouse, the Ataris, AFI, Brandston, the flaming lips, the Killers, story of the year, sublime, sugarcult, The Pop Demons, The Hidden Cameras, Vaux, Count the Stars, Midtown, Allister, Homegrown, FenixTX, mainly 2000-2005ish punk, 80's pop, Indigo Girls, Jason Mraz, and even some rap. Like Nelly & Lootacris. There's more, but that's just a general bit. |
| Favorite books | Anything by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Also, any photo anthology by any of my many favorite photographers. |