EXHIBITIONS
• Angkor Photo Festival (Projection) - Siem Reap, Cambodia, November, 2011.
• Pictures of the Year International (Group) - Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, June, 2010.
• Project 5 (Group) - Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, February, 2010.
• Eyes on the World (Group) - traveling exhibition:
  Charles University, Prague, October, 2009.
  Faraday House, London, January-March, 2009.
  FotoTrek Gallery, Istanbul, October 2008.
  United Nations, New York, March-April, 2006.
  Pingyao International Photography Festival, China, September, 2006.
• Digital Transitions (Group) - traveling exhibition:
  Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse, January-April, 2006.
  Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery, New York, January-March, 2007.
• The Ashes of Eden (Individual) - San Francisco Exposure Gallery, October, 2003.
• In This Land (Individual) - traveling exhibition:
  Merced County Courthouse Museum, April - May, 2000.
  San Joaquin County Museum, June - August, 2000.
  McHenry Museum, October - November, 2000.
  Tulare Historical Museum, January - February, 2001.
  Sutter County Community Museum, March - April, 2001.
  Kern County Museum, April - May, 2001.
  Fresno Art Museum, July - August, 2001.
• The San Joaquin Valley (Individual) - San Francisco State University, 1998.
• Laney College Art Gallery (Group) - Oakland, 1996.
• Photo Americas (Group) - Tulsa, 1996.
• SOMAR Gallery(Group) - San Francisco, 1995.
• World Press Photo (Group) - Amsterdam, 1994.
• University of Missouri (Group) - 1994.
• Eye Gallery (Group) - San Francisco, 1994.
• San Francisco State University (Group) - 1993.
• Lost Ways of Work (Individual) - Labor Archives, San Francisco, 1993.
AWARDS & HONORS
• Selected, American Photography, Best Pictures of the Year, 2010.
• Third Place, Photo-Essay, Pictures of the Year International, 2010.
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Photography, 2007.
• Grant, Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding, 2003.
• Fellowship in Visual Arts, California Arts Council, 2003.
• Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York, 2003.
• Finalist, Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, 2003.
• Director's Award, Center for Photographic Projects, 2003.
• Grant, Rockefeller Foundation, 2000.
• Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1999.
• Grant, California Council for the Humanities, 1999.
• Award of Excellence, Communication Arts, 1996.
• Award of Excellence, Sunday Magazine Editors Association, 1996.
• First Place, Daily Life, World Press Photo Foundation, 1994.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• PRIVATE: International Review of Photographs: The Kingdom of Dust, October, 2011.
• BOOM: A Journal of California: Cal-20, October, 2011.
• Ohio University: Matt Black Photographer (Short Film), June, 2011.
• PHOTO Magazine: The Kingdom of Dust, March, 2011.
• Orion Magazine: Desiccated Dreams, March, 2011.
• American Photography 26: The Dispossession, June, 2010.
• Black and White Magazine: Spotlight, September, 2008.
• Los Angeles Times Magazine: The Summer of the Death of Hilario Guzman, September 3, 2006.
• Alexia Foundation: Eyes on the World, March, 2006.
• Contact Sheet: California's Central Valley, December, 2004.
• Camera Arts: The Forgotten Black Okies, October, 2003.
• Photo District News Photo Annual: The Black Okies, May, 2003.
• San Francisco Chronicle: The Ashes of Eden, exhibition review, October 17, 2003.
• The Los Angeles Times: The Black Okies, August 25-27, 2002.
• ZYZZYVA: Saroyan's Fresno, Spring, 2000.
• In This Land: exhibition catalog, March, 2000.
• Ronza: The Hmong, August, 1999.
• West Magazine: After the Freeze, June 20, 1999.
• Los Angeles Times Magazine: The City of Exiles, November 22, 1998.
• West Magazine: A Shepherd's Life, December 1, 1996.
• Photo Metro: Central Valley portfolio, September 1996.
• West Magazine: Homage to an Outlaw, January 7, 1996.
• Communication Arts: A Shepherd's Life, August, 1996
• Americas Magazine: El Pocho, February 1994.
SELECTED ONLINE ARTICLES
• Private: International Review of Photographs: The Kingdom Of Dust
www.privatephotoreview.com (September 30, 2011)
• Shpilman Institute for Photography: The People of Clouds
www.thesip.org (September 29, 2011)
• Fraction Magazine: Matt Black: People of Clouds
www.fractionmagazine.com (August 19, 2011)
• Shpilman Institute for Photography: Matt Black
www.thesip.org (August 7, 2011)
•Guernica Magazine: Matt Black: People of Clouds
www.guernicamag.com (July 1, 2011)
•The Boston Globe - The Big Picture: People of Clouds
www.boston.com/bigpicture (June 27, 2011)
•National Public Radio - The Picture Show: A Story of Ghost Towns and Great Migrations
www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow (June 24, 2011)
•New York Times Lens Blog: Modern Agonies in Ancient Mexican Villages
www.lens.blogs.nytimes.com (June 16, 2011)
•Prison Photography: Matt Black
www.prisonphotography.wordpress.com (June 13, 2011)
•RECIPROCITY FAILURE: Matt Black
www.reciprocity-failure.blogspot.com (June 6, 2011)
•L E N S C R A T C H: Matt Black
www.lenscratch.blogspot.com (June 1, 2011)
•500 Photographers (The Netherlands): Matt Black
wwww.500photographers.blogspot.com (May 15, 2011)
• Orion Magazine: Desiccated Dreams
www.orionmagazine.org (March 1, 2011)
• Good: The Central Valley Is a Dust Bowl
www.good.is.com (February 24, 2011)
• 7.7 Magazine (Spain): Matt Black: The Black Okies
www.7dot7.net (October 12, 2010)
• Photographers Speak: Matt Black: A Commitment to Truth
www.photographyinterviews.blogspot.com (April 14, 2009)
• Blue Eyes Magazine: Matt Black: The Mixteca
www.blueeyesmagazine.com (January 5, 2007)
• The Los Angeles Times: A Lens on the Misery Amid Our Bounty
www.latimes.com (September 3, 2006)
• The Big Picture: Visual Metaphor, Documentary Photography and Matt Black
www.ddunleavy.typepad.com (April 20, 2005)
• San Francisco Chronicle: The Quiet Nobility of the Human Spirit
www.sfgate.com (October 17, 2003)
LECTURES, WORSKHOPS & CONFERENCES
• Workshop, Creative Digital Workshops, Fresno, October, 2011.
• Lecture, Spectrum Gallery, Fresno, April, 2011.
• Lecture, Fresno City College, April, 2011.
• Lecture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, April, 2010.
• Conference, Failed State: Crisis & Renewal in California, Davis, April, 2010.
• Lecture, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, September, 2009.
• Workshop, Julia Dean Photo Workshops, Los Angeles, September, 2007.
• Lecture, Brooks Institute School of Visual Journalism, Ventura, Calif., December, 2006.
• Lecture, Julia Dean Photo Workshops, Los Angeles, May, 2004.
• Conference, Great Valley Center, Sacramento, May, 2004.
• Lecture, Porterville College, Cultural Awareness Program, April, 2004.
• Lecture, Pleasanton Public Library Speakers Series, February, 2004.
• Lecture, San Francisco Press Photographers Association, November, 2003.
• Lecture, Newhouse School of Communication, Syracuse University, June, 2003.
• Lecture, Fresno Art Museum Graphic Arts Council, July, 2001.
• Lecture, Merced County Courthouse Museum, April, 2000.
• Conference, California Farm Conference, Berkeley, November, 1999.
• Conference, New California Media Conference, San Francisco, May, 1999.
• Lecture, College of the Sequoias, November, 1999.
• Lecture, Fresno State University, December, 1998.
• Lecture, San Francisco State University, February, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
• Aera Magazine
• American Photography
• Americas Magazine
• Black and White Magazine
• Boom: A Journal of California
• Bund Weekly
• Camera Arts
• Columbia Journalism Review
• Communication Arts
• Contact Sheet
• Der Spiegel
• Forbes
• Industry Standard
• Newsday
• Newsweek
• Orion
• Photo District News
• PHOTO Magazine
• Photo Metro
• Private: International Review of Photographs
• Ronza
• Sierra
• Stern
• The Boston Globe
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine
• The Nation
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung
• The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine
• The San Francisco Chronicle
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• West Magazine
• ZYZZYVA