One of the things I enjoy about being a photographer is the diverse and interesting range of people I meet and work with. Matt Lennox is an good example. We met earlier this summer when Matt contacted me about doing his portrait for his publisher HarperCollins Canada’s spring book catalogue.
Matt is a young, rugged, well travelled, soul who served in Kandahar between 2008 and 2009 as a Captain with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. He has also travelled to many interesting far east countries.
Matt’s new, and first book of fiction -”The Carpenter” is being published by HarperCollins in the spring of 2012 and promises to be a great read. HarperCollins describes the novel as a suspenceful, tightly plotted story set in a god-fearing small town in the eighties, rift with poisonous secrets, grudges passed on through the generataion and a dark undercurrent of crime. HarperCollins also describes Matt’s writing style that is uniquely direct.
As we worked away shooting the images, and as Matt described his novel to me I wondered to myself… hmm…was I photographing his generation’s future Hemingway?
Matt’s other previously published work is a collection of short stories he wrote while in Kandahr. Entitled Men of Salt, Men of Earth. the collection was published by Oberon in 2009. The collection was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit award.
A few of the images we created during Matt’s portrait session follow.
