Photographer, writer and videographer specialising in the humanitarian sector.
As the son of a film producer, I grew up around cameras, studios, and television production facilities. But while studying cinematography, and during my early years in the television industry, I found that I craved time alone with a camera and had a growing need to tell stories that mattered.
In 2006, I headed to Uganda, Kenya and Cambodia on a photojournalism assignment – writing a feature story for the Sydney Morning Herald and working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF / Doctors Without Borders) for the first time.
More assignments, employment and contracts followed and I am honoured to have worked with organisations including MSF, UNICEF, The Fred Hollows Foundation and Opportunity International.
I would be honoured to work with you as well.
Please contact me directly for projects or to enquire about purchasing my work.
Self portrait, Pollonia, Milos, 2025
Matthew Smeal, Laos, 2018