MATTHEW KENNELLY
Edmonds, WA
Biography CV Statement
Growing up in and around a small family business while naturally attracted to the wallflowers of society, by consequence Kennelly has a strong work ethic and deep passion for people as seen in his ultra personal glimpses into others lives. A self proclaimed documentarian of faults and glories, Kennelly hopes for his work to break the barrier between stranger and friend, despair and hope, fantasy and reality.
RECENT WORKS
Inquiry: IT SURROUNDS YOU by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: HOODLUM FEVER by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: FOUR FOLD SHIVER by Matthew Kennelly
“[Kennelly] has an uncanny eye for capturing people in a way that is profoundly affecting— he somehow gets their stories, their movement, their faults and glories all crammed into a single shot. […] He has the understated grace of a seasoned photographer, hanging back, unnoticed, getting all the real shots without disrupting the scene.”
— Jeffrey Martin
Inquiry: IT'S ALWAYS THE YOUNGEST by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: THE NIGHT YOU DIED by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: BUDWIG by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: HERE WE ARE by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: ON TOUR, FINDING HOME by Matthew Kennelly
“IN THE BLOOD” A PHOTO STORY BY MATTHEW KENNELLY
FEATURED WORKS
Inquiry: I LOOK UP TO YOU by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: ASS CLOWN by Matthew Kennelly
“While In The Blood is in the process of becoming a book of its entirety, this series of images explore man’s relationship with nature, machinery, humans, and himself.”
— Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: YOU ARE MINE by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: DESPITE CIRCUMSTANCE by Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: HAY BROTHER by Matthew Kennelly
“This series of images from In The Blood is an invitation to step into the dance of our social, economical, and geographically estranged neighbor. When I began my two year documentation of Andrew Albert’s farm in Arlington, WA, my hope was to create an educational commentary on agriculture, but what I came to see was less of a need for facts and a greater need to share what farming requires of one’s character.”
– Matthew Kennelly
Inquiry: "WELL SHIT" by Matthew Kennelly
“There is no other work on a family farm as
intimate, warm, and human as this work.”
— Ralph Gibson
