About

Matthew Blum’s photography is a combination of machination and the sublime; a rusty nail awash in ripples of soft rose petals in a day-old city sidewalk puddle.

Matthew Blum is a visual storyteller and creative technologist whose work connects photography, code, and circuitry into unified media experiences. Their practice spans film-based image making, illuminated installations, retro computing, and original game development. Whether composing with light in the darkroom or shaping logic on a circuit board, Matthew approaches each project with curiosity and precision.

Their photographic work draws on traditional and alternative processes, including large format film, palladium, cyanotype, and silver gelatin printing, with an emphasis on craft and physical materials. In parallel, Matthew explores vintage hardware, embedded systems, and custom software as tools for structure, clarity, and interaction.

Through Lightly-Salted Productions, Matthew develops focused, small-scale projects that blend analog character with digital intent. They continue to exhibit work, collaborate with regional creatives, and explore how images, machines, and stories inform one another.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • Nature and Machine
    Bethlehem Town Hall’s Rotunda Gallery
    November 13 – December 21, 2022
    Thirty photographs printed with palladium, cyanotype, and silver gelatin
  • Windows to the Past: Lehigh County
    The Baum School of Art
    October 24 – November 21, 2019
    Historic locations in Lehigh County rendered in alternative processes including cyanotype, palladium, carbon, and gum arabic
  • 365 Slices of Time
    ArtsQuest InVision Festival / Home and Planet
    2012
    Year-long daily photo project capturing 365 days in sequence

Group Exhibitions