Matthew Genitempo
{{Short description|American photographer (born 1983)}}
Matthew Genitempo (born 1983) is an American photographer, living in Texas.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-25 |title=Matthew Genitempo |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/14942/1/matthew-genitempo |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Dazed |language=en}} He has produced three books of black and white photographs of landscapes and people in the Southern United States: Jasper (2018), Mother of Dogs (2022), and Dogbreath (2024).
Early life and education
Genitempo was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University, Waco, TX in 2007 with a degree in graphic design.{{Cite web |date=2011-01-28 |title=David vs. Goliath: Web upstart battles corporate giant Facebook - The Baylor Lariat |url=https://baylorlariat.com/2011/01/28/david-vs-goliath-web-upstart-battles-corporate-giant-facebook/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Baylor Lariat |language=en-US}} In 2009, he and Jonathan Standefer co-created the web site Lamebook.{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Michael W. |date=2011-06-06 |title=Baylor grads take on Facebook in legal skirmish over parody website |url=https://wacotrib.com/news/baylor-grads-take-on-facebook-in-legal-skirmish-over-parody-website/article_1d5b326c-275b-53cc-adb4-df38dced8aa8.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Waco Tribune-Herald |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2010-11-08 |title=Lamebook SUES Facebook |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lamebook-sues-facebook_n_780482 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=HuffPost UK}}{{Cite web |date=2010-11-23 |title=Facebook tries to shut out Lamebook |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story/2010-11-22/facebook-tries-to-shut-out-lamebook |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Genitempo received an MFA from the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Info |url=https://www.matthewgenitempo.com/info |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Matthew Genitempo |language=en-US}}
Life and work
Genitempo's first book, Jasper (2018), "is a poetic exploration of the American landscape and the people who seek peace within its grasp", made in the forests and mountains of the Ozarks and of "people who have sought escape in those woods". Made in black and white, it is named after Jasper, Arkansas where many of the pictures were made.{{Cite web |last=Pantall |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Pantall|title=Matthew Genitempo captures the romance and solitude of the Ozark Mountains |url=https://www.1854.photography/2020/05/matthew-genitempo-jasper-2/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=British Journal of Photography |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2019-02-22 |title=Perspective {{!}} Meet the men living deep in the Ozarks, away from the fray |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/02/22/meet-men-living-deep-ozarks-away-fray/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=O'Hagan|first=Sean |authorlink=Sean O'Hagan (journalist)|title=Best books of 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2018/dec/09/best-books-of-2018 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
The book Mother of Dogs (2022) captures the landscapes of Marfa, Texas, in black and white images taken on walks during the COVID-19 pandemic. It "functions like a visual document of the ritual of walking" with "images of fields and dusty desert plains, backyards and railroad crossings, blurred pathways" and portraits of his partner Ada. Genitempo used a 6×7 film camera.{{Cite web |last=Cresswell |first=Joanna |title=A poetic ode to the pleasures of walking |url=https://www.1854.photography/2022/11/a-poetic-ode-to-the-pleasures-of-walking/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=British Journal of Photography |language=en-GB}}
Dogbreath (2024) is a book of black and white photographs centered around a community of adolescents in Tucson, Arizona.{{Cite web |last=Feuerhelm |first=Brad |date=2024-08-20 |title=Matthew Genitempo - Dogbreath |url=https://americansuburbx.com/2024/08/matthew-genitempo-dogbreath.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=American Suburb X |language=en-US}}
Along with Bryan Schutmaat and Cody Haltom, Genitempo runs photobook publisher Trespasser, originally founded in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-06 |title=Publisher's Spotlight: Trespasser Books |url=http://lenscratch.com/2022/01/publishers-spotlight-trespasser-books/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Lenscratch|language=en-US}} {{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Sasha |title=PhotoWork Foundation podcast, Episode 82. |url=https://photowork.foundation/matthew-genitempo/ }}
Publications
- Jasper. Los Angeles, CA: Twin Palms, 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-936611-13-3}}.{{Cite magazine |last=Kraft |first=Coralie |date=2019-01-05 |title=A Portrait of Life Secluded in the Ozark Mountains |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-portrait-of-life-secluded-in-the-ozark-mountains |access-date=2024-10-12 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}
- Second edition. Los Angeles, CA: Twin Palms, 2024.
- Mother of Dogs. Austin, TX: Trespasser, 2022. Edition of 375 copies.
- Dogbreath. Austin, TX: Trespasser, 2024. Includes a cassette tape with audio accompaniment by Michael A. Muller.{{Cite web |title=Recordings |url=http://www.michael-muller.com/recordings |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Michael A. Muller |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.matthewgenitempo.com}}
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Category:American fine art photographers
Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:Photographers from Texas