Matthew Fertel​

Postcard From The Mesozoic#

Without Any Purpose#

Artist’s Statement#

Postcard From The Mesozoic and Without Any Purpose are part of a series called Waste Management, which consists of compositions created from details of dumpsters, trash cans and other refuse / recycling / green waste receptacles.

Both were captured with an older iPhone, which is my current creative tool of choice. Accepting its “limitations,” I have learned what to expect from my iPhone under different conditions and how to take advantage of what it has to offer. I shoot full-frame with little or no cropping to maintain high resolution for printing. Basic editing is done post-capture. No filters or effects are used.

About the Artist#

Matthew Fertel is a Sacramento-based photographer who has worked at Sierra College since 2004. Before that, he was a fine art auction house catalog photographer in San Francisco for over ten years. Find him online at mfertel.wixsite.com and on Instagram @digprod4.