Matt's portraits and lifestyle images draw you into the moment, making you an integral part of the experience. His commercial and personal work blend seamlessly, capturing life in an honest and unfiltered way.

Based in Philadelphia, Matt serves clients both nationally and internationally, ranging from global corporations like Millennium Management, Burger King, and Lavazza, to local institutions like The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, City Fitness, and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

For inquiries and requests, explore his website and reach out to Matt today.

Inspired by the ever-changing mood, color, and motion on the streets of New York, Matt's commercial work marries an understanding of light and controlled chaos within his frame. He fosters an environment of improvisation and approachability and encourages his subjects to collaborate in his work.

His portfolio boasts a diverse range of clients, from global finance firms to art summer camps, Burger King to GoFundMe, most of whom return year after year. The warm, inviting quality of his photography draws viewers in, inviting them to experience the captured moments firsthand.

With an approachable and collaborative style, Matt ensures that each project is a true reflection of the unique locations and personalities it portrays.

Though he is always on the move, Matt Zugale calls Philadelphia home. Matt’s diverse clientele includes Lavazza, The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, GoFundMe, Burger King, and many others.

Recently, he has worked in New York, London, Miami, and beyond for global financial firms and fashion brands.

Matt’s improvisational and approachable nature is crucial to his work: this fosters collaboration with his subjects, and motivates clients to return year after year. Consistency establishes visual identities. His warm images celebrate the brands and people before his lens.

To help companies bring their mission to life, Matt Zugale photographs what matters most: the people. Whether it is a patient who has benefitted from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s aid, fund managers at the investment firm Millennium Management, or a factory worker at global coffee brand Lavazza, Matt puts you in the middle of a moment. His warm portraits and immersive documentary-style images connect you to the heart of a company.

Based near Philadelphia, PA, and traveling globally, Matt’s diverse clients include The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, GoFundMe, Burger King, and many others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit mattzugale.com and contact Matt here.

Matt’s photographs put you in the middle of a moment. It might feel like you have stumbled upon an intimate event, but you are always invited to participate.

By design, his commercial and personal work are hard to tell apart: they capture life as it is in an honest and unfiltered way. His background in street and portrait photography allows him to create compelling images in any given situation.

Based in Philadelphia, Matt works throughout the US and internationally. His clients are as global as Millennium Management, Burger King, and Lavazza, and as local as The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, City Fitness, and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

Matt’s photography career started on the streets of New York. His commercial work developed by studying the ever-changing mood and colours that natural light creates. For his location work, he primarily uses natural light, which allows for improvisation and an approachability that encourages his subjects to collaborate.

Warm light and a conversational quality capture the life of his subjects and locations. It welcomes the viewer to engage in the captured moments.

Clients, from global finance firms to art summer camps, return year after year to create a consistent visual language over time.

Matt Zugale calls the Philadelphia area home, but he is often on the road. In 2023, his work took him to New York, London, Miami, and more. Clients include a multi-billion dollar finance company, a global burger brand, a law firm, an international coffee brand, an upstart casket company, and an arts summer camp. They call on Matt to photograph their most important assets: people.

Matt’s improvisational and approachable nature is crucial to his work: this fosters collaboration with his subjects, and motivates clients to return year after year. This consistency establishes cohesive visual identities. The resulting images are warm, intimate, and honor the brands and people before his lens.

Every organisation has a mission. To bring that mission to life, Matt photographs its backbone: the employees. In his portraits, he wraps them in warm, saturated light and genuinely connects with his subjects. In his documentary-style images, Matt immerses himself in the daily life of the company.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Millennium Management, Lavazza, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, GoFundMe, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his website and contact Matt.

Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated color beckon the viewer to be a participant in the scene. By design, it is hard to tell the difference between his commercial and personal work. A background in portrait and street photography allows Matt to capture images in any situation.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Millennium Management.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

Every organization has a mission. To bring that mission to life, Matt photographs the backbone of organisations: the employees. Matt genuinely connects with his subjects when shooting portraits or capturing slices of life. The hallmarks of his work are honesty, capturing  the moment, warm light, and saturated colour.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, GoFundMe, The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit mattzugale.com and contact Matt here.

Philadelphia-based Matt Zugale has an engaging approach to photography that makes the viewer feel like a participant in the scene. With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated color are elements of both his commercial work and his personal work.

Matt works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe, The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Millennium Management.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and follow him on Instagram. You can contact Matt here.

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated color beckon the viewer to be a participant in the scene. At times, it is hard to tell the difference between his commercial work and personal work, and that is by design.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Millennium Management.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated color beckon the viewer to be a participant in the scene. His portraits tell subtle stories about their subjects. At times, it’s hard to tell the difference between his commercial and personal work, and that is by design.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe, The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Millennium Management.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated colour beckon the viewer to be a participant in the scene. His portraits tell subtle stories about their subjects.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Millennium Management.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

Every organization has a mission. To bring that mission to life, Matt photographs the backbone of organizations: the employees. Matt genuinely connects with his subjects when shooting portraits or capturing slices of life. The hallmarks of his work are honesty, living in the moment, warm light, and saturated color.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, GoFundMe, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit mattzugale.com and contact Matt here.

"Portrait and lifestyle photography are about making connections and elevating the moment."

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated color invite the viewer in to the scene.

Matt is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

"Portrait and lifestyle photography are about making connections and elevating the moment."

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated colour invite the viewer into the scene.

He is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Lavazza, Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Matt’s approach brings compassion and and a sense of belonging to advertising, editorial, and corporate projects.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

As a photographer, Matt Zugale sees businesses as more than the sum of their parts. He believes that the humanity of individuals drives all business forward.

Matt’s work appears in out-of-home advertising, collateral printed material, company websites, and social media for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University, Lavazza, and many others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

"Portrait and lifestyle photography are about making connections and elevating the moment."

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated colour invite the viewer in to the scene.

Based in Philadelphia, he works around the United States with clients such as Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Matt’s approach brings compassion and and inclusion to advertising, editorial, and corporate projects.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

Matt Zugale is a portrait and lifestyle photographer based in Philadelphia, PA. His editorial and advertising work features an intimate and engaging approach that makes the viewer feel like a participant in the scene.

With natural light, warm colours, and a genuine connection with his subjects, Matt’s imagery celebrates and elevates the reality of the moment.

Always willing to collaborate, Matt enjoys working on image concepts before the shoot and thrives on being spontaneous on location. He recently completed advertising projects for The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and City Fitness. Matt’s recent editorial work has appeared on the covers of Philadelphia Magazine and Dickinson College’s alumni magazine.

For inquiries and requests, contact him on +1 201 400 4096 or visit his website. Also, to see more of Matt's still life work please visit his additional website here.

"Portrait and lifestyle photography are about making connections and elevating the moment."

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated colour invite the viewer in.

He is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Matt’s approach brings warmth and unique personal feeling to advertising, editorial, and corporate projects.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

As a photographer, Matt Zugale’s work celebrates our humanity and drives businesses forward. His work brings viewers into the world of his subjects.

With clients such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University, Maimonides Medical Center, and others, Matt’s work appears in out-of-home advertising, collateral printed material, company websites, and social media.

"Portrait and lifestyle photography are about making connections and elevating the moment."

With a background in street and portrait photography, Matt’s work is direct and intimate: warm light and saturated colour invite the viewer in.

He is based in Philadelphia and works around the United States with clients such as Burger King, GoFundMe and The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Matt’s approach brings warmth and unique personal feeling to advertising, editorial, and corporate projects.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

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From coffee shops to street corners and homes, Matt’s work reflects the movement and energy of his community. He brings his intimate and in-the-moment approach to clients as global as Burger King, and as local as a gigging piano player. Each person, each client gets the same level of respect.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented change in our lifetimes. Outside our homes, it has unmistakably altered our work, family, and recreational lives. While we stay at home, our family, friends, and passions will pull us through until life returns to some sense of normal. These are the things that Matt Zugale explores in his photography.

For inquiries and requests, please contact Matt here.

One of the defining characteristics of Matt Zugale's lifestyle and portrait photography is it’s genuine care and attention to his subjects.

Whether his subject is a member working out at City Fitness gym in Philadelphia, a glassblower at his studio, or a contemporary composer on Columbia University’s campus, Matt strives to portray people both as they are, and as they aspire to be.

For inquiries and requests, please contact him here.

Even before he picked up a camera, Matt Zugale had the desire and drive to move to New York City. Photography became the vehicle that got him there in 2003.

Over time, Matt established himself as a portrait and lifestyle photographer able to tell engaging stories about his subjects.

He has worked for Burger King, Columbia University’s Miller Theatre, and Porter Airlines among other advertising, publishing, and commercial clients.

For inquiries and requests, please contact him here.

As a photographer, Matt Zugale’s work celebrates the humanity that drives corporations and industries forward. His background as a street and portrait photographer immerses him in the work of welders, lawyers, doctors and patients, university students, presidents and CEOs. He treats them all with a familiarity and respect that puts them at ease.

With clients such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Stampone O’Brien and Dilsheimer Law, Columbia University, Great Philadelphia Schools and others, Matt’s work appears in out of home advertising, company websites and social media, and all printed material.

For inquiries and requests, please contact him here.

Matt Zugale is a portrait and lifestyle photographer based in Philadelphia, whose editorial and advertising work features an intimate and engaging approach that makes the viewer feel like a participant in the scene.

With natural light, warm colours, and a genuine connection with his subjects, Matt’s imagery celebrates and elevates the reality of the moment.

Always willing to collaborate, Matt enjoys working on image concepts before the shoot and thrives on being spontaneous on location. He recently completed advertising projects for The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and City Fitness. Matt’s recent editorial work has appeared on the covers of Philadelphia Magazine and Dickinson College’s alumni magazine.

For inquiries and requests, contact him on +1 201 400 4096 or visit his website. Please visit mzstills.com for Matt's still life work.