Matthew Taplinger is a photographer, photo editor and musician based in Los Angeles, California.
He has previously lived in NYC, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit, and originally resides from Toledo, Ohio.
Currently working within the Photography Department at Paramount’s TV Media division, he has worked
over the past two decades+ with various news organizations and media outlets, such as: CNN, Turner Broadcasting,
The New York Post, News Corp., People, US Weekly, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Billboard, SPIN,
Time Out Chicago, Pitchfork, The Chicago Tribune, URB, XLR8R, XXL, The Detroit Free Press + more.
Past clients include: Food Network, TV One, Wella, L'OREAL, Adidas, Nike, C3 Presents (as part of the
official photo teams for Lollapalooza and ACL Fest), SXSW, Le Poisson Rouge (as a former house photographer
for one of NYC's most eclectic live music venues), Microsoft, AOL, The University of Chicago, Northwestern University,
Bransch, Loyola Museum of Art, Courtyard by Marriott, FCB Worldwide, Niche Media + others.