12 Facts About Matthew Rolston

Matthew Russell Rolston is an American artist, photographer, director and creative director, known for his lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design.

Matthew Rolston studied drawing, photography and imaging, and filmmaking at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Matthew Rolston began shooting covers and editorial assignments for founding editor Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone, as well as for other publications such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Vanity Fair, W and The New York Times Magazine.

Matthew Rolston has completed thousands of photoshoots in his career, including over 100 covers for Rolling Stone.

Matthew Rolston has appeared as a guest expert on a spectrum of beauty-oriented broadcast programs, from Bravo's Shear Genius and Make Me a Supermodel to the CW's America's Next Top Model.

Matthew Rolston has created four photographic fine art projects that have led to a series of publications and exhibitions:.

The project is, according to Matthew Rolston "a meditation on mortality"; it represents the artist's continuing evolution as a photographer and is an attempt to elevate his portraiture to a conceptual level.

In 2015 Matthew Rolston became an adjunct professor and curricular advisor to ArtCenter College's Undergraduate and Graduate Film Departments and continues to lecture and mentor there in the fields of marketing and communications strategy, fashion communications, luxury branding and public service messaging.

At ArtCenter, Matthew Rolston teaches two original courses which he conceived of and wrote.

Matthew Rolston's classes are situated within ArtCenter's film program, however they invite members from diverse disciplines including advertising and creative direction, photography and imaging, fine art, and other courses of study offered at the college.

In 2024, Matthew Rolston took on the role of senior lecturer at Otis College, directing his attention to object design and development.

Matthew Rolston collaborated with Jonathan Fidler, Otis' assistant chair of product design, to create a course entitled Vessel of Dreams: The Packaging of Perfumery, which explores the potential for communications inherent in luxury fragrance packaging.