Ian Matteson Photo

Zimtstern’s- Leaves

IanMatteson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:12:42 +0000

Snowboarding has always been about creativity, from Robot Food to Kidsnow to Blank Paper Studios, these have all evolved snowboarding into what it is now. Zimtstern is a Swiss based outwear and apparel company that supports some of the most influential events and riders. Their newest video shows something new, fresh, and creative. Filmed with beauty this video fall nothing short of awesome. This masterpiece was created by Marco Lutz. Watch the video and try to figure out how they created this!

Photographs of Leaves.

Now did you figure it out? Well for people like me they did make a behind the scenes video that is very interesting and shows how the movie was created. Check that out below!

{all photos by Roger Baumer, courtesy of http://www.zimtstern.com/}

Ambiguous Ping Pong Art Show

IanMatteson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:09:59 +0000

Art has rapidly changed over the last few years and went from hand crafted art to all digital to machined pieces. Ambiguous has brought a new idea with a traveling art show where everyone is limited to the same amount of space and size but you have to choose your medium to create and express your art. The Ping Pong show had no real rules or guidelines other than you get a ping pong paddle and do your thing. This show has traveled all through the US from Brooklyn, NY to Denver, CO and now to Salt Lake City, UT.

The show was at the newest shop in SLC, Fresh! There were many paddles that came and more locals added to move on to the next Ping Pong Show.

As a photographer a wooden surface isn’t something you would think to be a very artistic medium in photography but with a little old school processing knowledge it was very exciting. My chosen process was Cyanotypes with a deep blue color to bring the series together the images fall from forgotten rolls of film that deserve more appreciation.

My roommate Brett Allen, was also included in the show, he was in charge of building and painting the ping pong table for the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a free Ambiguous kit. In addition to the table he had just enough time to create one paddle.

To see more of my forgotten film CLICK HERE

Family.

IanMatteson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:15:40 +0000

I have been more than busy all summer working 6 - 7 days a week just preparing for my last year (ish) of school. Then finally I will have my Degree in Fine Arts (Photography). This summer has gone by to fast. We have settled into our new abode and now are practicing up on our pool game. Shelby White (Wanken) and I have been working hard on the new website and are only waiting on a few more things to fall into place before the new portfolio totally launches. While I was in Montana helping my family I did shoot 3 rolls of film! But for now your going to have to settle with some photographs I shot in Montana in Digi.

4th Of July.

IanMatteson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:42:35 +0000

The Fourth of July, the one time of year when everyone pulls out the RV and heads for the hills and we did the same minus the RV part. We obviously knew we had to through a bash, so we kindly left Salt Lake valley and traveled north! We found our way to Mike’s house watched fireworks, had a little bit to much fun, woke up and went to the lake / reservoir. With everything green in the desert and hotter than ever we started to swim around and jump off some cliffs. Afterwards we had to test out the new and improved rope swing followed by a BBQ back in Salt Lake. And all of this added up to make the best 4th of July weekend I have ever had! Here is some evidence.

Wanken.

IanMatteson — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:47:34 +0000

One of my best friends is a graphic designer and one of the best designers, as a matter a fact. He recently launched his new website. Shelby White is a great photographer, designer, business man, and great friend. He can bring anything to life whether it is your logo, your brand, or even your fresh new T-shirts you are thinking about printing, he can make it happen. His business name is Wanken, and with that said you should go look at his work and see his amazing talent first hand @ www.wanken.com

West

IanMatteson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:52:43 +0000

Salt Lake City has been a very rainy place lately which is very abnormal since this is the desert. With rainfall happening at least 1 - 2 times a day with low temperatures the hills have changed from brown to a deep luscious green. Today after the rain let up I went to the west hoping to catch some sunset rays and some green mountains that shadow our lives. When I got there I found that the farther west you go the more it looks like Montana from rolling fields to roads with few cars on it and mountains that are rolling with green grass and vegetation. Here is a look at how the west part of the valley views Salt Lake City.

Spiral Jetty.

IanMatteson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:41:45 +0000

Summer is always a good time to go on an adventure with your friends and find places or explore places you have never been. From just a park down the street that you have never wandered through to taking a trip to on of the earths greatest monuments. This time we all decided to go out to Spiral Jetty, a Robert Smithson art installation piece located on the northern part of the Great Salt Lake. After learning about it for the last few years in Art History and having it in our backyard of Utah made this even more satisfying to see in real life.

” Robert Smithson’s monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Using black basalt rocks and earth from the site, the artist created a coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide that stretches out counter-clockwise into the translucent red water.Spiral Jetty was acquired by Dia Art Foundation as a gift from the Estate of the artist in 1999 ” (http://www.spiraljetty.org/).

It was a long haul to get there as well as one treacherous road, regardless it was an amazing day to be out on the waterfront hanging out with your best friends. My take on this art piece after seeing it is that the earth work that he did makes a point to have art in anything even if its just the land we walk on but this place was truly unbelievable. The location is a place no one would ever travel to unless it had a reason to be a destination, the Salt Lake no longer seems a lake it’s an ocean with massive mountains erupting out of water. The water and mountains go for miles until the only thing you can see is the curve of the earth, this is why I think Robert Smithson chose this location and the amazing design of the Spiral Jetty.

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iPhone Photos.

IanMatteson — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:06:50 +0000

It has been almost a year and my iPhone has snapped over 700 photos. From funny things that happen in my life to things I really take an interest in and this is the only camera I have with me. I make the most of it, it is better to have something to remember than nothing at all. This is a recap of the last year of my life, from traveling, being with friends, or just flat out living. They are in no particular order just put into a gallery for you to view. Please Click the photo below to view the gallery.

Enjoy.

Travel. Travel. Travel.

IanMatteson — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:59:10 +0000

The past month has been hectic from traveling across the northwest from Seattle, Vancouver, Whistler, Portland, to finals week at school it is almost over for the summer. The road is one of my favorite place to be even if I spend one day in a foreign place it always feels natural to grab some photos and see what the town’s culture has to offer. Also spending time with my best friends out of town is always refreshing Ian Wade and I slowly made our way down the coast and back to Salt Lake. For finals I was determined to shoot some portraits that would speak about the person and communicate there passions. And lastly winding down for the season we have built our own snowboard park hidden in the mountains for the summer months.

Monster Cirkus

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:36:10 +0000

As some people know contests drive me crazy, don’t get me wrong I think winning money and beating others is all in good fun but how many times can you take the same photo at one of these events. It’s not a photo friendly thing, getting sloshed with slush, watching people almost take out your flashes, etc. Well as always I brought my film camera not the usual Holga but a little nicer one to shoot some of what I saw. I bumped into all sorts of people I don’t see to often as well as seeing some really drunk people at high noon. Here’s what I took from the day of the festivities.

Cam Pierce

Dave Doman watching people do some tagging.

Post Rail Jam Alex Andrew

Ted Borland the champion walked away with $3,500 bones!