Matin Zad
Toronto-born, New York-based photographer Matin Zad has gained significant traction since earning an MPS in fashion photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2013. Deeply inspired by cinema, Zad's dreamy and precisely staged pictures exist somewhere between fashion, film, and fine art. Zad thus has proven to be a promising young star in both the art and fashion worlds. As a new graduate, Zad won Bottega Veneta’s 2013 New Exposure Photography Competition; he has been commissioned by Carven, Diesel, and Levi’s Made & Crafted, and collaborated with Duckie Brown on a poster campaign that appeared throughout New York Fashion Week. His work has also appeared in renowned publications including Surface, CR Fashion Book and T Magazine.
Of his hybrid arts-fashion position, Zad has explained, “My favorite photographers have always been ones that blur the distinction between the two, so I don’t feel comfortable being categorized as either one. I don’t see where one ends and another begins when I’m creating images… I’ve always been interested in fashion, but seeing the industry up close has greatly influenced the way I interpret clothing in my work. But above all, I just want to create imagery that speaks of human behavior in …
Toronto-born, New York-based photographer Matin Zad has gained significant traction since earning an MPS in fashion photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2013. Deeply inspired by cinema, Zad's dreamy and precisely staged pictures exist somewhere between fashion, film, and fine art. Zad thus has proven to be a promising young star in both the art and fashion worlds. As a new graduate, Zad won Bottega Veneta’s 2013 New Exposure Photography Competition; he has been commissioned by Carven, Diesel, and Levi’s Made & Crafted, and collaborated with Duckie Brown on a poster campaign that appeared throughout New York Fashion Week. His work has also appeared in renowned publications including Surface, CR Fashion Book and T Magazine.
Of his hybrid arts-fashion position, Zad has explained, “My favorite photographers have always been ones that blur the distinction between the two, so I don’t feel comfortable being categorized as either one. I don’t see where one ends and another begins when I’m creating images… I’ve always been interested in fashion, but seeing the industry up close has greatly influenced the way I interpret clothing in my work. But above all, I just want to create imagery that speaks of human behavior in an honest way, and that can lend itself to any style.”
