About George Mattei
A New Jersey native, George Mattei is a professional photographer. He is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He was self-employed as an advertising photographer with clientele in the medical, food, and industrial industries photographing annual reports, ads, brochures, catalogs, and packaging. Currently he is employed as a photographer/videographer for Helen Hayes Rehabilitation Hospital in West Haverstraw, NY. In addition to his hospital position, George creates fine art photography.
As a resident of the New Jersey Shore, Mattei’s major and frequent subjects of interest are landscapes and seascapes. Much of his photography is produced using the High Dynamic Range technique: no single film or digital camera can reproduce a scene as well as the human eye can, so by taking 3 to 9 exposures from very light to very dark, a wider range of tones is produced, and the details that would be lost to a single exposure are preserved.
Phone: 914-980-7858
Website: www.georgemattei.com
Email: george@georgemattei.com
Artists Statement
Currently most of my photography is produced using HDR or the High Dynamic Range technique. No film or digital camera can reproduce a scene as well as your eyes can, so by taking 3 to 9 exposures from very light to very dark, you can capture a wide range of tones which would be lost using 1 exposure. It is a slow process that must be done on a tripod but it forces you to really explore a scene before committing to the photo. I use software engineered to combine all the images captured and produce one image with the best of all the exposures
New Brunswick Art Salon 2021 – Photography: “Shifted Nature”
New Brunswick Art Salon 2025 – Photography: “Beyond the Image: Unveiling Hidden Narratives”
Exhibitions
2020 Group Show, The Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences The Weather Exhibition, Jan. 25 – March 29
2020 Solo Show, Noyes Museum of Art, Shore Medical Center Somers Point, N.J. Jan.28 – March 22
2020 Group Show, Lakefront Gallery Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, N.J. Feb. 2 – March 29
2020 Special Recognition Category, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Seascapes Art Exhibition, “The Storm” June 2020.
2020 Noyes Museum of Art Stockton University Noyes Artists Members Exhibition, Arts Garage Atlantic City, N.J. Oct.9 – January 10, 2021
2019 Photography Invitational Exhibit, Beach Haven Borough Hall, Long Beach Island, Nov. 13 – Jan. 6
2019 Group Show “Sightings,” Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, January – March
2019 Group Show, The Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation Art Show
2019 Mad Batter Restaurant Cape May April 5 - May 10.
2019 2 Person Show, Valley Hospital Gallery, June 1 – July 3
2018 Solo Show, Helen Hayes Hospital, Haverstraw, NY, January – March.
2018 Photos from Solo Show, Helen Hayes Hospital on permanent display on the fourth floor.
2018 The Americana Exhibition, Pennsylvania Center for Photography Doylestown, PA. March 16 – April 8
2018 Group Show, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ April 1 – April 28.
2018 Group Show, The First Annual Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation Art Show
2018 Mad Batter Restaurant Cape May April 5 - May 10.
2018 Special Recognition Category, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Landscape Art Exhibition, “Holgate Beach” May.
2018 Special Merit Category, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Landscapes Art Exhibition, “Lancaster Cornstalks” June.
2018 Lancaster Autumn Harvest, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Witt Gallery, Autumn Photography Exhibition Oct. 19 – Nov. 10; 3rd place
2018 Transformations Exhibition, Pennsylvania Center for Photography , Doylestown, PA, Nov. 2 – 18