Matthew Rolston

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Matthew Rolston (born 1961) is an acclaimed American photographer and music video director, known for videos in Pop and R&B genres.

Matthew Rolston was born and raised in Los Angeles. He developed his talents as a photographer at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena.

Over the years, Rolston’s still photography work for Harper's Bazaar, Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine and Rolling Stone (among many others) has highlighted his visual panache and control of detail.

Rolston’s photographs have been exhibited at prestigious galleries. Locations include locations across the United States, Europe, Japan, and at museums, including The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. In addition, a collection of his photographs, “Big Pictures”, was published in 1991 by Bullfinch Press.

Soon, Rolston expanded his savvy for classic composition and style by working as a director of music videos for artists including En Vogue, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Poe, Dido, Garbage, Sugababes, Jody Watley, Hilary Duff and Beyoncé Knowles. He has also directed acclaimed commercials for the likes of GAP, Ralph Lauren, Neutrogena, L'Oréal, Clairol, Pantene, Burberry, Maybelline, Levi's, Bacardi, Elizabeth Arden, General Motors, Max Factor, Old Navy and Revlon.

His work remains infused by a coterie of influences: famed 1930’s glamour photographer George Hurrell, early Hollywood director Josef von Sternberg, and classic cinema costume designers Adrian and Travis Banton, all of whom, to quote Rolston, “invented Hollywood style”. Currently signed to Radical Media worldwide for music videos, commercials, new media, and branded entertanment. His photography reps include Stockland Martel and Jim Johnson / Pretty Pictures Representation.

Matthew Rolston recently photographed legendary superstar Michael Jackson at the Brooklyn Museum in New York for the magazine Ebony, December 2007 issue. Rolston also has worked with Joanne Gair and appears in her second book.

Print producers:

Jim Johnson, 1992-2005
Mark Heller, 2005-

[edit] Some music videos

1987

Michael Jackson - "Bad" (Art Department)

1989

Don Henley - "The Last Worthless Evening"
Jody Watley - "Precious Love"

1990

Jody Watley - "After You, Who?"

1991

Karyn White - "Romantic"

1992

En Vogue - "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"

1993

1994

TLC - "Creep"
Salt-n-Pepa - "None of Your Business"
New Kids on the Block - "Never Let You Go"
Eternal - "Just a Step from Heaven"
Jon Secada - "If You Go"
Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love"
Brand New Heavies - "Brother Sister"

1995

Quincy Jones feat. Babyface, Tamia, Portrait & Barry White - "Slow Jams"
Mary J. Blige - "I'm Goin' Down"
TLC - "Red Light Special"
Brandy - "Best Friend"
Seal - "Kiss from a Rose"
Paula Abdul - "Crazy Cool"
Quincy Jones feat. Tamia - "You Put a Move on My Heart"

1996

En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)"
Lenny Kravitz - "Can't Get You off My Mind"
Bryan Adams - "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"
Bryan Adams - "Let's Make a Night to Remember"
Paula Abdul - "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up"

1997

En Vogue - "Whatever"
Jewel - "Foolish Games"
Salt-n-Pepa feat. Sheryl Crow - "Imagine"
Maxwell - "Sumthin' Sumthin' the Mantra"
Lori Carson - "Something's Got Me"
Morrissey - "Alma Matters"
Marilyn Manson - "Long Hard Road Out of Hell"

1998

Matchbox Twenty - "Real World"
Foo Fighters - "Walking After You"
Garbage - "I Think I'm Paranoid"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Wishing I Was There"
Lenny Kravitz - "Thinking of You"
Madonna - "The Power of Good-Bye"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Smoke"
Sheryl Crow - "There Goes the Neighborhood"
Janet Jackson - "Every Time"

1999

Jewel - "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)"
Jewel - "What's Simple Is True"

2000

2001

2002

Faith Evans - "I Love You"
Lenny Kravitz - "Believe in Me"
Beyoncé - "Work It Out"
LeAnn Rimes - "Life Goes On"
Enrique Iglesias - "Love to See You Cry"
Nick Carter - "Do I Have to Cry for You?"

2003

2004

2005

Slim Thug feat. The Three Bad Girls - "Inside"
Natasha Bedingfield - "I Bruise Easily"
Sugababes - "Push the Button"
Destiny's Child - "Stand up for Love"
Eurythmics - "I've Got a Life"
Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You"

2006

Jewel - "Again and Again"
Jessica Simpson - "I Belong to Me"
Beyoncé - "Listen"

2007

Matthew Rolston has directed the Making the Video of "Jupiter", "Shape of My Heart", "Bootylicious", "Work It Out", "Listen" and "Candyman".

[edit] Books

Big Pictures: A book of Photographs– 1st Edition, A Bulfinch Press Book, 1991
Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 27ss.