About Matt McInnis

Education:

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology 2009

The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME. Documentary Certificate in Photography and Ethics in Journalism 2007

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CS3 tutorials 2009

Freelance Photo-editing and Photography Work:

Viator: I worked as a freelance photo-editor for the San Francisco office of the international travel company. I navigated micro-stock photography websites and user uploaded content to help with a website relaunch.

The New York Times: I've freelanced in Maine for NYT covering events for the business, travel, and lifestyle sections of the paper. I have had multiple photographs in front-page stories for the print edition of the paper.

Culture Unplugged: Contributor to the studio and online venue that produces films and written work with the “aspiration     to integrate disparate parts of the self and the global human society.” Based out of Mumbai, India with a media presence in the USA, Indonesia, and New Zealand.

Contributor to:

The New York Times

“What You Get For... $1,395,000” January 9, 2013

“For Fighting Foreclosures, A $100,000 Award” December 5, 2012 

“Neighbors Win Court Round Over Wind Farm Noise” March 23, 2012

“A Stroll Through Wyeth’s Giverny” August 11, 2011

“Local, Organic Milk: Nice Idea, but Try Making a Profit” February 18, 2011

“Pharmacies Besieged by Addicted Thieves” February 6, 2011

“Treating Chronic Pain and Managing the Bills” February 4, 2011

“Maine Officials Say Turbines Are Too Loud” December 1, 2010

“Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell” November 7, 2010

“From a Maine House, a National Foreclosure Freeze” October 14, 2010

“For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy” October 5, 2010

“As Life Spins on The Midway Beckons” August 26, 2010

“U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite British Success” August 24, 2010

“Using Your Phone to Lose Weight” July 16, 2010

“Debt Trips up Hinckley, Venerable Yacht Maker” October 9, 2009

Culture Unplugged

"A Ca(u)se de Paix / A Case for Peace", Nov 19 2009. 

"Live to Tell", May 9 2009. 

The Mount Desert Islander

The Bar Harbor Times

The Portland Press Herald

Photographic Exhibitions:

-Blum Gallery, The Nature of Poland Bar Harbor, Maine. April-May 2009

-Portfolio Exhibit featuring work from East Africa and Guatemala, The Meg Perry Center. Portland, Maine. August 2008

-Lecture on fairness in coffee production featuring 'Just-Trade Guatemala' Photographs, College of the Atlantic. Bar Harbor, Maine. 2008

-‘Undertow’ Group Exhibit, Salt Gallery. Portland, Maine. Spring 2007

Honors/Awards:

-The Salt Institute Photography Contest Winner 2007

-Kathryn Davis Advanced Study Award recipient 2008  

-Rosengarten Mesoamerican Studies Fund recipient 2007