Matthew Blum

Matthew Blum’s photography is a combination of machination and the sublime; a rusty nail awash in ripples of soft rose petals in a day-old city sidewalk puddle.

Matthew Blum is a visual storyteller and creative technologist whose work connects photography, code, and circuitry into unified media experiences. Their practice spans film-based image making, illuminated installations, retro computing, and original game development. Whether composing with light in the darkroom or shaping logic on a circuit board, Matthew approaches each project with curiosity and precision.

Their photographic work draws on traditional and alternative processes, including large format film, palladium, cyanotype, and silver gelatin printing, with an emphasis on craft and physical materials. In parallel, Matthew explores vintage hardware, embedded systems, and custom software as tools for structure, clarity, and interaction.

Earlier work was in film and video production. Between 2003 and 2019 Matthew took credits across sound editing and foley, assistant editing and post-production, producing, and cinematography — on A.K.A.: It’s a Wiley World! (2003), Fading (2003), Love…. (2003), Loggerheads (2005), InSearchOf (2009), Gravity (2010), and Billboard (2019). The full list is on IMDb.

Through Lightly-Salted Productions, Matthew develops focused, small-scale projects that blend analog character with digital intent. They continue to exhibit work, collaborate with regional creatives, and explore how images, machines, and stories inform one another.