Matt teaches digital imaging, traditional black and white photography, and digital art in the Art and New Media Departments at the University of Maine, and has been on the Maine Media summer faculty since 2006. A graduate of Boston University, Matt received his M.F.A. from Maine Media College, and began his professional career as a photojournalist working on newspaper staffs in New York, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Between 2002 and 2005, Matt lived in Seoul, Korea, photographing throughout the peninsula while teaching kindergarten and English. His photographs have been published and exhibited in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, where his work is currently represented by the Kim Young-Seob Gallery. In 2009 Matt co-founded a non-profit organization called Obscura, where he serves on the board of directors.