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Afterglow |
Hiroshima |
Hanafuda |
Commissions |
Writing
About

I'm a Japanese American photographer and writer based in Portland, Oregon, where I was born and raised.
I have worked at National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Aperture. 

Available for assignments!


matsudaw@gmail.com

503.313.2095

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Selected Clients
Airbnb, American Airlines, Aperture, The Atlantic
Bon Appétit, Hermès, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lululemon, Meta
National Geographic, National Public Radio, The New Yorker
The New York Times, Nike, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair

Books / Zines
The Book of Answers, Pomegranate Press, 2023

The Potter Becomes The Pot, TIS Books, 2021
Acquired by The Museum of Modern Art
Selected by Vanity Fair as one of the best books of Spring 2021

Tick Check, Elementary Books, 2019
One of Nelson Chan’s Photobooks of Note 2019 (Deadbeat Club)

Press
Aperture, Booooooom, Fisheye
Flux, Ignant, Tempura, Vanity Fair

Lectures / Readings
Stanford University
Portland Art Museum
Oregon State University 
The University of Hawaiʻi
California College of the Arts 
Parsons School of Design | The New School
Purchase College, SUNY
Powell's Books (with Wendy Red Star)
A-P Berlin