Matthew Abbott (b. 1984) is a documentary photographer specialising in in-depth visual storytelling.
Abbott regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Washington Post and National Geographic. His work has been recognized through a number of awards, including winning the 2020 Deadline Club Award for Spot News, the Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year and News Image of the Year 2020, the inaugural 2019 Rust Belt Biennale and the 2019 and 2018 Nikon-Walkley Journalism Award for Australian Daily Life.
His prints have appeared in exhibitions and collections around the world, including in Paris, New York, Berlin and Daegu. In 2021, Abbott’s first book A Fire Inside about the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires in Australia was published by Thames & Hudson, going on to become a best seller and award winning.
Abbott is represented internationally by Panos Pictures and is a current member of the Oculi collective, Australia’s leading co-operative of visual storytellers.
