Summer New York City
A short non-narrative film that pays homage to NYC. The film is essentially a love letter to New York. Through the eyes of it’s authors, who are both native New Yorkers, it presents a view of the hustle-bustle that makes New York the fabulously unique city that it is. Shot during the summer of 2019 - just prior to the COVID19 pandemic that completely shut down the city - it celebrates the people and beauty of the city with all its warts, energies and disparate activities of life on its streets. With the soundtrack written by a quintessential New Yorker, Lou Reed, Summer NYC is Complete.
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Biography
Matt Gunther, a native new Yorker, is a film-maker and photographer who has been documenting a sense of place and moments of time throughout his career. His portraits endeavor to uncover and expose the vulnerability and compassion- the core of his subjects. Matt received his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from SUNY Purchase. Matt’s work has been featured in numerous international and national publications, Including The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, London Sunday Times and Gentlemen’s Quarterly.
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Awards
His work has been awarded and written about in American Photography, PDN, and Communication Arts among others. Matt’s work is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum and The Palais De Toyko in Paris. His first Monograph, Probable Cause, documenting daily life in Newark New Jersey, was published in the fall of 2017.
