Matthew Lester Photography

New university and admissions photography at CalTech in Southern California.

New images from admissions photography at the University of Florida. Over two days, we focused on capturing undergraduate research, academics and student life on campus.

The recently published admissions viewbook of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Teaming up with North Charles Street Design, we spent three days on campus photographing academics and student life last fall. The final publication is 48 pages on uncoated paper and 7×10 inches.

Captured images showing the energy and excitement of learning for a social media campaign focused on enrollment for this long-term client in Central Pennsylvania. Images also will be used for print promotion and outdoor advertising.

New recent published work from Guatemala for the relief and development agency, Mennonite Central Committee. The project focused on documenting their support of an after school tutoring program and women's cooperative groups.

Captured a variety of STEM-focused images at this campus near Dearborn, Mich., which has ties to Michigan’s automotive and manufacturing industries. Over three days, I photographed new classrooms and engineering, robotics, industrial design, vehicle design and architecture labs.

Recent images from a collaboration with Baltimore’s North Charles Street Design updating the viewbook for Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. We worked to capture the laid-back, outdoorsy and independent culture of this Pacific Northwest campus as well as photographing student life around town.

Images from an after-school tutoring program for Roma children outside of Belgrade, Serbia and girls education in Afghanistan for the quarterly magazine of the relief & development agency Mennonite Central Committee.

Teamed up with Takigawa Design on new viewbook imagery for this long-term client. We worked to capture a sense of place on this campus located in the hills of the East Bay area outside of San Francisco. The photography focused on student/faculty interactions in classrooms, student life on campus, and extracurricular activities.

Viewbook and recruiting photography for Union College in Upstate New York.

The admissions recruiting images for this school in Western Iowa emphasized small class sizes and individual attention. The photography also highlighted the camaraderie of a campus where one-third of students are involved in athletics.

Recent admissions marketing photography for St. Catherine's School, an Episcopal girls day school in Richmond, Virginia. We focused on showing STEM education along with student-faculity interaction.