Current Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
808-446-0328
matt.mallams@gmail.com
Matt Mallams is the Director of Photography for Hana Hou! the Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines, and his focus is to share authentic portrayals of Hawai‘i through documentary photography that’s captured by the top visual journalists working in the Pacific. As an avid street photographer and artist he has a creative eye and a passion for visual storytelling that is evident in his editing aesthetic. He’s a graduate of the Visual Journalism program at the Brooks Institute of Photography. When he's not working with photographs, he enjoys creating new pages for his journal, skateboarding under the bridge at the Makiki Skatepark and spending time with his wife and two kids at their home in East O‘ahu.
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Exhibits : Interviews : Awards : Talks
2024
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVII - Photo Editor Panel
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVII - Black Team / Photo Editor
- AAF Hawaii Board of Directors / Education
- FLUX Interview: Matt Mallams Keeps His Eye to the Honolulu Streets. By Phil Jung
- Hō’ikeākea Gallery, Leeward Community College - FLOAT ON, Group Exhibition: Pearl City, HI
- Pacific New Media, 15th Annual Contemporary Art in Hawaii Exhibition: Honolulu, HI
- GOLD ADDY - AAF National Award: Photo Editing / Photo Campaign “Ironman” Donald Miralle
- GOLD Pele - AAF - Hawai‘i District 13 : Photo Editing / Publication Design “Ocean Therapy” Elyse Butler
2023
- FLUX Portfolio - Cruise Control: Spring / Summer Issue
- Downtown Art Center - "Documentary Photography in Hawai’i." Exhibit
- Artist Talk: Downtown Art Center - Documentary Photography
- Artist Talk: University of Hawai‘i - Photography for Magazine Writers
- GOLD ADDY - AAF National Award: Photo Editing / Photo Campaign / “Faces of Molokai” PF Bentley
2022
- Fish Cake - "20 years of Journals". Exhibit / Honolulu, HI
- GOLD ADDY - AAF National Award: Photo Campaign “Below Teahupo‘o” Ben Thouard
2021
- American Photography 38: Winner - Jump Rock
- HNL Street Collective - Online talk
- SILVER ADDY - AAF National Award: Single Image “Palmyra” Dana Edmunds
- GOLD Pele - AAF - Hawai‘i District 13 : Single Image “Palmyra” Dana Edmunds
- Communication Art 2021 Photography - Photo Editing: “Palmyra” Dana Edmunds
- Communication Art 2021 Photography - Photo Editing: “Cloud Swing” Lace Anderson
- Communication Art 2021 Photography - Photo Editing: “Rescue Swimmers” Dean Saffron
2020
- Word on the Street - Matt Mallams: Video Interview with Tim Huynh
- SILVER ADDY - AAF National Award: Photo Editing “Kai Lenny” Mike Coots
2019
- Artist Talk: Honolulu Museum of Art with Wayne Levin & Gaye Chan
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 5 Daniella Zalcman
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 6 Caleb Bennet & Kristen Lipman
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 7 Gaye Chan
- Juried the PNM Contemporary Art Show
- REGENERATE: Survey of Contemporary books arts in Hawai‘i - Group exhibit / Honalo, HI.
- Artist Talk: Honolulu Museum of Art - Photography Class
- Artist Talk: University of Hawai‘i - Photography Class : Portrait of a Place
- GOLD Pele - AAF - Hawai‘i District 13 : Single Image “Surfboard Shapers” Dana Edmunds
2018
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 1 David Ulrich
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 2 Jack Wolford
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 3 Andrew Richard Hara
- Honolulu Photo Nights - # 4 Wayne Levin
2017
- Artist Talk: Honolulu Museum of Art - Photography Class
- Artist Talk: Hawai‘i Media Conference - Hilo, HI
- Artist Talk: Punahou Photography Class: Honolulu, HI
- Artist Talk: Eye of Hawai‘i - Photography Club
- GOLD ADDY - AAF National Award: “Hokule’a in South Africa” Monte Costa
2016
- Artist Talk: Eye of Hawai‘i - Photography Club
2015
- F:808 Hawai‘i Photo Conference: Hosted the Photo Editors panel
- Artist Talk: Hawaii Photography Society
- GOLD Pele - AAF - Hawai‘i District 13 : Single Image “Hawaiian in Parks” Kevin German
2012
- San Francisco Chronicle - "Matt Mallams: Law of Attraction” Interview
2010
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXIII - Black Team / Jeffersonville, NY
- Iowa City Exhibit : Group exhibit / Coralville, IA
- AEVUM "Foreign and Familiar" Group exhibit / Bethel, CT
- Artist Talk: School of Visual Arts : Clay Patrick McBride / New York, NY
2009
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXII - Black Team / Jeffersonville, NY
- “How can I let go of things I can’t Control" Exhibit / Honolulu, HI
- voiceofsandiego.org interview - Perspective: Questions for Matt Mallams
- Exposure Gallery - "As We See It" Group exhibit / San Francisco, CA
- Artist Talk: Brooks Institute of Photography / Ventura, CA
- "If the Way is Open" Gallery show at The Visions Gallery / Ventura, CA
2008
- RangerFinder Magazine - Interview: Street Textures By Martha Blanfield
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXI - Black Team / Jeffersonville, NY
2006
- Eddie Adams Workshop XX - Black Team / Jeffersonville, NY
- College Photographer of the Year - Pictorial GOLD
2005
- Eddie Adams Workshop - Black Team / Jeffersonville, NY
- Summit Workshop Grant / Jackson Hole, WY
- Achievement Award - Brook Institute of Photography / Santa Barbara, CA
- College Photographer of the Year - Pictorial GOLD
2004
- Eddie Adams Workshop - Student Gray Team / Jeffersonville, NY
- College Photographer of the Year - Pictorial Honorable Mention
- Brooks Institute NPPA Student President