MATTHEW SWARTS A person with wet, messy hair is shown against a pale background; their face is obscured by colorful, pixelated digital distortions, creating a glitch effect. The overall tone is ethereal and abstract, evoking a sense of contemporary art.

Matthew Swarts + RADICAL COLOR

2014, 2015, Beth, essay, exhibition, featureshoot, jon feinstein, matthew swarts, Newspace Center for Photography, Oregon, Portland, RADICAL COLOR

I am incredibly honored to be a part of Jon Feinstein’s ground-shaking exhibition: RADICAL COLOR @ Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon. Opening Friday, February 6th, 2015 and on view until March 30th, 2015. From the essay that accompanies the exhibition: Radical Color: A Continuous Black Hole Color photography and its relationship to the…

MATTHEW SWARTS A pixelated, grayscale image of a person’s face and upper body, with their features obscured by square grids, creates a blurry and abstract effect evocative of contemporary art.

Matthew Swarts + BETH + Featureshoot.com!

2014, Beth, featureshoot, partnership, pelle cass, portrait

Very grateful for the kind and thoughtful words of artist and writer Pelle Cass about BETH for featureshoot.com: http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/07/portrait-of-partnership-a-photographers-homage-to-a-failed-relationship-nsfw/ “A woman stands against a gray sky, the low light of the sinking sun glints off her glasses. Her hair is in a bun. She is attractive, but not conventionally beautiful. It’s the same person in…