Matt Black
Paris-born director and visual artist Matt Black has worked in fashion for the past 15 years, and his clients include Dior, Jil Sander and Louis Vuitton. Whether shooting ingénues like Paz de la Huerta or Rinko Kikuchi for short films, taking photographs for i-D, Vogue Paris and V, or curating art shows for agnès b. and Colette, Black’s modus operandi is to mix influences culled from the worlds of high fashion, street culture and cinema. His first memory of film was a childhood encounter with a Sergio Leone western in a Roman amphitheatre under a beautiful black sky, and he’s been understandably hooked ever since. The self-taught Black, who has lived in New York since 1998, is currently working on his first feature film.
Matt Black by Jacques & Xander, 2011
