Author Archives: matt

Verve Magazine Portraits

January’s issue of Verve Magazine featured a story on 30 women under 30 who have been making an impact on Asheville. Two of them are Carol Nguyen, left, a project manager for the City of Asheville and Sara Fields, center, actress and an events and marketing director for a local PR agency. Also pictured is...

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Mary and Brad at The Crest Center in Asheville.

Mary and Brad’s playful spirit made it a pleasure to photograph their wedding last season at the Crest Center. I had such a hard time selecting just a few photos that I decided to post most of the layouts from the album I created for them.  I love telling the wedding day story in photographs....

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Verve photo shoot

Artist and shop owner Forrest Hogestad, poses for a power suit makeover feature in Verve Magazine. We spent the afternoon walking around downtown locations in the snow. Below her is a before and after of investment executive Karen Clerici.

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New Version of Jazz Theory Session Video

Pianist/Composer Bill Gerhardt conducts his Jazz Theory Session in his Asheville studio.

Keeping Jazz Alive from matt rose on Vimeo.

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Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk

I had the honor recently to photograph the honorable Mayor of Hendersonville, Barbara Volk at City Hall. I had to include one of the very cool chandeliers gracing the hallways in the historic building in downtown Hendersonville.

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Matt goes video with his new still/video camera

First Snow in Asheville, NC from matt rose on Vimeo.

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Holiday Dish

This salmon dish from Fig restaurant was shot for a holiday food story for Verve Magazine and it tasted as good as it looked.

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Mountainside Living

I just finished a photo shoot of a home on Reynolds Mountain for ACM Design.  Here are a couple of samples of this beautiful home.

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Larry Coryell

I was truly in awe of guitar master Larry Coryell as I listened and photographed him at a concert Friday 10/9 at Pisgah Brewery. He had an incredible band. Pisgah Brewery is an Organic Certified brewery in Black Mountain NC. Tasty music and tasty beer….who could ask for more.

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Experts in their field

Two experts in their field: Sarah Resnick of City Bakery works on a cake in the shape of a wine bottle during a recent photo shoot for Verve Magazine and classical music and movie aficionado Chip Kaufmann who I photographed for Carolina Home and Garden.

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