"Summer Day on the Bay"
Black and white photography on metal
19" x 13"
by Matthew Lodge

"I took my first photograph with a simple Kodak Camera and with my father's help, developed the black and white film and made my first print at the age of 10. I was hooked.

"I learned traditional black and white photography and print making before graduation to color film. I worked for a long time with a simple 35mm viewfinder film camera, a couple of prime lenses and a hand-held light meter which led to a strong appreciation for the variation and quality of light in photographic art.

"At University I was Director of Photography for the student newspaper and nominated for a Guardian Student Media Award. Post graduation, a career in technology took me to over 35 countries around the world and enabled me to hone my travel photography skills. I was an early convert to digital cameras for the increased control and flexibility and have never looked back.

"Today, my photographs regularly appear in national newspapers, magazines, travel guides academic texts, and on jigsaw puzzles, tv shows, and websites including National Geographic TV, The Times and The Telegraph, BBC History Magazine and Frommer's Travel Guides.

Learn more at www.lodgephoto.com

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