New work: Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade by Matthew Rolston

February 2, 2012 – 1:16 pm

For Essence‘s February cover story, creative director Greg Monfries worked with Matthew Rolston on a romantic-getaway photo story featuring actress Gabrielle Union and NBA star Dwyane Wade, who are also a gorgeous couple in real life. The idea was to show Gabrielle looking fabulous in resort-luxe attire, with Dwyane at his most debonaire, and it [...]

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Salma Hayek by Matthew Rolston

December 20, 2011 – 9:59 am

. With the holidays upon us, The New York Times has been highlighting books of note that would be a pleasure to give or receive. This past weekend, the newspaper’s Book Review featured The New York Times Magazine Photographs, edited by director of photography Kathy Ryan. The hefty 447-page tome collects “three decades of virtuosic [...]

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LOLA, a hot new NYC boutique hotel featuring creative direction by Matthew Rolston, makes its debut

December 5, 2011 – 11:19 am

. The Redbury, Matthew Rolston’s debut as a creative director in the hotel industry, was an instant hit when it opened on Hollywood’s legendary Sunset Strip earlier this year, earning a spot on Travel + Leisure’s coveted “It List,” among other accolades. And last week, Matthew’s latest endeavor as creative director was revealed.LOLA, located in [...]

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Amber Heard by Matthew Rolston

November 4, 2011 – 12:24 pm

Matthew Rolston photographed Amber Heard, who’s currently starring opposite Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary, for the November issue of Vanity Fair. He worked with contributing photo editor Naomi Nista Lindeberg, and Krista Smith was the senior West Coast editor for the story. As you can see, the glamor of Hollywood’s Golden Age also played [...]

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Matthew Rolston shoots plastic surgery story for Oprah mag

October 18, 2011 – 12:47 pm

Matthew Rolston shot photos for a set of features in the November issue of O, The Oprah Magazine that’s been getting a lot of attention. Called “Better Than Beautiful?,” the package is about how the “unlimited options” for cosmetically altering oneself have created a new standard of beauty. Christina Weber, deputy photo editor at O, [...]

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Lady Gaga’s first creative collaboration with Polaroid inspires charity exhibition

August 30, 2011 – 2:47 pm

Remember when Polaroid named Lady Gaga its creative director, resulting in the Polaroid Grey Label line? Well, the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer is the first product born of this unlikely partnership, and like Gaga herself, it’s making a grand entrance. For the upcoming “50|50|50″ exhibition, Polaroid invited 50 artists from around the globe to use [...]

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Whose side are you on: 15 portraits shot in profile

August 12, 2011 – 2:34 pm

. Portraits in which the subject meets the photographer’s gaze are justifiably the norm, but there’s plenty to be said for shooting a profile view. You feel somehow that the photographer is letting you in on something—something that subjects themselves may not be aware of at the time… .

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Star power: 14 great celebrity portraits

August 9, 2011 – 2:01 pm

. Bill, Maureen, and the rest of the team at Stockland Martel hosted our annual Hollywood East Cocktail Party a couple of weeks ago, as a way to personally thank our clients in the entertainment industry here on the East Coast. The event, which was attended by photo editors, art buyers, and creatives, was held [...]

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This week’s highlights from other photo blogs

July 29, 2011 – 11:10 am

. At her eponymous blog, photographer Amy Stein wrote about “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sharing My Work Online.” Excerpt: “I fully support the proper attribution of images and have done so on my blog since day one. In the age of Google Image Search, there is absolutely no excuse for not [...]

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Spotlight: Matthew Rolston

July 27, 2011 – 8:32 am

Matthew Rolston has photographed just about every film, music, and television star working today. His approach to glamour, which embodies Hollywood’s past and its grand tradition of celebrity portraiture, has helped define the modern aesthetics of celebrity and beauty photography. Matthew’s career as a photographer and director had a most auspicious, and unusual, beginning: He [...]

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