Matthew Phipps

Matthew Phipps hunts the ephemeral with a camera — those split-second moments when ordinary life reveals its hidden poetry, when the street opens up and shows you something you'll never see again.

From Tulsa, Oklahoma to the sprawling chaos of Mexico City, Matthew has built a practice around serendipity and the beautiful accident. His photography captures what he calls the "fleeting, serendipitous moments that happen around us each day"  whether extraordinary or utterly mundane, he finds the sacred in the everyday rhythm of urban life.

His work operates on intuition and presence, requiring him to be constantly alert to the world's subtle offerings. Matthew moves through cities like a cartographer of souls, mapping not just geography but the emotional territories written on faces and in gestures.

When he's not documenting life's fleeting magic, Matthew can be found hiking in nature, studying maps with the obsession of someone who understands that geography shapes everything. His most absurd achievement? Creating an online skateboard video magazine that took him around the world making films and photos.

His family story reads like maritime mythology; adopted, with biological roots tracing back to boat captains from the time and place of Moby Dick. Maybe that's where he gets his ability to navigate the vast oceans of human experience, finding the moments worth preserving in the endless flow of city life.