ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:

I respectfully acknowledge the people of the Yugambeh language region, the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work, and pay my respect to their elders past and present, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples always.

Yugambeh People: The clan that resided along the area of the Coomera river and to the south were called the Kombumerri. Aboriginal people have lived in the Gold Coast area for thousands of years.

BIO:

Matthew Sutton is a local Australian based portrait and documentary analogue film photographer whose work focuses on people and their lives.

For more information on Matthew's work, to get in contact me regarding any photography, or to just say hello, feel free to leave a message here.  

"I have been intrigued with film photography since a young age when my parents gifted me a kodak instamatic. My father was my inspiration for photography and music. I still have the analogue negatives from my first camera. Then in high school I became interested in the darkroom processes after our art classes were disbanded. I eventually secured a job with Leo Burnett's Advertising as a darkroom assistant, with some studio work. 

After a hiatus I went back into film photography and eventually struck up a great friendship with whom I believe is one of Australia's master talents and gurus in all things processing, printing and darkroom techniques, Chris Reid of Blanco Negro. To this day I still process my own films and desire to print on lovely warm tone fibre based papers."

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Here I am at age 10 standing on a chair taking a photo of the adults at my brother's birthday party. I am using a Kodak Instamatic Camera. 

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