Photographer Profile: Matt Lockwood
Who are you, where are you, and what do you do?
I’m Matt Lockwood and I currently live in a small town in the northeast corner of Indiana. I’m a business professional with a very enjoyable career in the data and content analysis field.
How did you get started in photography?
I started gaining a strong interest in photography after I graduated from college in 2012 (Oakland University, Go Golden Grizzlies!) with a BA in Cinema Studies. A lot of my inspiration comes from some of my favorite directors such as Ingmar Bergman, John Ford, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, Carl Th. Dreyer, Charlie Chaplin, and Federico Fellini.
Some films that have inspired me include Seventh Seal, Onibaba, 8 ½, Ivan’s Childhood, Night of the Hunter, and Vampyr.
What do you like about your photography?
What I love most about my work is the many ways to explore natural lighting, composition, exposure, and different types of film stock. I’m currently a huge fan of Ilford Delta 400 and Ilford HP5 Plus 400.
You do great black and white work, and that translates well to your film work. Where do you get inspiration for your style/ideas?
The themes I like to explore in my work include realism, neo-realism, and avant-garde expressionism.
Any upcoming projects or shoots you’re working on?
I plan on starting a portrait project. There isn’t really a theme for it, but more of an exploration of different individual expressions and moods.
Check out more of Matt’s photos at his Flickr gallery.
