bio
Hi. Thanks for visiting.
Naturally curious and driven, I love to collaborate with inspiring people to create unbiased and honest storytelling projects and narrative brand development.
I was born and reside in Colorado and also lived in New Mexico and Texas. I take frequent road trips throughout the West and often get lost in the mountains. When not shooting photos, I'm usually drinking coffee or entertaining my little guy, Levi. I make a mean carnitas and tequila is my drink, preferably añejo. I buy too many photo books. My latest purchase and current favorite is George Georgio's American Parade.
I speak English, Spanish and I'm learning Italian. I have to; my wife grew up in Sicily. I eat a lot of cannoli.
Give me a call. Let's grab an americano, high five, and better yet, work together.
ADVERTISING CLIENTS:
Bonnier Corporation, Cavalry, CITI, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Coors Banquet, Cultivator, Fadduh, Grey NYC, National Football League (NFL), Pizzeria Locale, Pop Sockets, Publicis Kaplan Thaler, Sterling-Rice Group, Thomas Foods, Walmart, Women's Entertainment Television, Reebok, Rio Grande Restaurants, University Memorial Hospital, Unreasonable Institute, Vice, Vortic Watches, Young and Rubicam, 48 Hour Monogram
EDITORIAL CLIENTS:
5280 Magazine, AARP Bulletin, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Cooking Light, Der Spiegel (Germany), DISCOVER, ESPN the Magazine, Fast Company, Fortune, Inc., M Le Monde (France), L'Express (France), Maxim, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Modern Farmer, Money, Mother Jones, Nature, National Public Radio, Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, New York Times, Outdoor Life, Outside, People, Photo District News, Popular Mechanics, Popular Photography, Parade, Psychology Today, Reader's Digest, Runner's World, Scientific American, Smithsonian, STERN (Germany), Sunday Times (England), TIME, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
American Photography 35, 33 & 30, Magenta Foundation Flash Forward, Best Short Documentary – Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, Best Cinematography in a Documentary – Accolade Film Awards, Artist Grant by Puffin Foundation, Prix de la Photographie Honorable Mention, College Photographer of the Year Honorable Mention: Documentary, Finalist in Hearst National Photojournalism Competition, Grant by the Indigenous Support Network at the University of Colorado, Eddie Adams Workshop
Phone - 303-525-2374
Email - matt@mattnager.com
See more work on my Photo Archive
Photo by Brad Torchia