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adrianamateophoto@gmail.com
JAZZ IS NOW
~My inspiration has always been to capture the emotion that the musician transmits in that unique moment in a show and, transfer that emotion to the public~
I am a Jazz Photographer and Jazz documentarist , storytelling born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and residing in New York City since 1990 to the present. I began taking photographs at an early age and following my family tradition and the footsteps of my father, award-winning Director of Photography Roberto Mateo, I began working in feature films and advertising. Both my passion for photography and for music, particularly the Jazz genre, led me in 1990 to move to New York City, I completed my BA in Film at New York University’s Film School (Tisch).In 1996 I continued my studies in Lighting and Cinematography with directors of photography Andrew Laszlo and Rob Draper (ACS) at the International Feature Film & Television Workshops in Maine. My full attention towards Jazz photography developed after meeting NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath and NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton becoming their personal photographer until their passing. These two encounters, along with NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins, inspired me to create a project called AM Jazz “Three Generations Under My Lens,” a collection of images produced between 1993-2018 which includes all the NEA Jazz Masters that I consistently worked with and jazz musicians such as Chick Corea, Randy Weston, Frank Wess, Jimmy Cobb, Wayne Shorter, Lee Konitz, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard, Ron Blake, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Bobby Hutcherson, Wallace Rooney, Harold Mabern, Tootie Heath, Roy Haynes, Christian McBride, Herbie Hancock, Benny Golson, Paquito D'Rivera, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Benny Green, Jonathan Batiste, Esperanza Spalding, Ron Carter, Chucho Valdez, Kenny Barron, Brian Blade, Jon Faddis, Gonzalo Rubalcaba , Elio Villafranca, Diana Krall, Louis Nash, Marcus Miller along with many other current musicians of the fourth generation of young jazz musicians from New York such as Sullivan Fortner, Cecile Mc Lorin Salvant, Ben Williams, Emmet Cohen and Elio Villafranca.
My first book, accompanied by a solo exhibition AM JAZZ "Three Generations Under The Lens", was published in Padova, Italy in 2016 and released in the United States in 2017 sold 5000 copies. My second book, "L' Immagine del Suono”(2018) is a collaboration of museum curated 36 jazz photographers from around the world was published by the Mayor of Culture, Tourism and University at the Museo Civico Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy.
I was awarded Best Jazz Photographer in 2018 by the American Jazz Journalists Association and received the 2024 “Lifetime Achievement Award in Jazz Photography” by the same association.
Currently my images are part of the collection of the Palazzo della Penna Museum, Perugia, Italy; Comune di Padova, Padova, Italy being the first female contemporary jazz photographer whose work is part of a museum collection.
I currently work as a freelance photographer for musicians, venues and festivals such as Newport Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz , Detroit Jazz festival and New Orleans Jazz Festival and as an educator.
EXHIBITIONS:
2015 - PALAZZO MORONI, COMUNE DI PADOVA , PADOVA, ITALY "AM JAZZ Three Generations Under The Lens" book release and exhibition.
2016 - THE JAZZ GALLERY, NEW YORK , USA "AM JAZZ Three Generations Under The Lens" book release and exhibition.
2016 - NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, AM JAZZ “Three Generations Under The Lens" book presentation.
2017 - WBGO Jazz Public Radio from the Jazz Capital of the World, New York City "AM JAZZ Three Generations Under The Lens" exhibition.
2017 - MUSEUM PALAZZO DELLA PENNA, PERUGIA, ITALY "L'Immagine del Suono” exhibition.2017 - MUSEUM PALAZZO DELLA PENNA, PERUGIA, ITALY "L'Immagine del Suono” exhibition.
2018 - MUSEO di PALAZZO della PENNA, PERUGIA UMBRIA, ITALY solo exhibition.
2018 - BAYERISCHEN-HOF HOTEL, Munich, Germany solo exhibition.
2019 - FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY exhibition & book presentation in South America
2023- SOLO EXHIBITION OF ROY HARGROVE “Una Mirada” BEBOP JAZZ CLUB , BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA
2024- SOLO EXHIBIT “NEW YORK JAZZ GENERATIONS” , ESPACIO HUSSEK ART GALLERY , BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA.
AWARDS:
2019 -BEST PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR JAZZ JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION award best Photographer and Photo of the year
2019 -FINALIST WORLD JAZZ PHOTO, PRAGUE, CHECK REPUBLIC award & exhibit
2024- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY , JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION, USA.
BOOKS:
2016- AM JAZZ “Three Generations Under The Lens”
2017- L’ Immagine del Suono
FIRST EXHIBITION OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ROY HARGROVE ( 1966-2018) , BEBOP CLUB, BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
