The Imagemaker's Handbook

Matt Mahurin

A Five Volume Exploration of Life As A Creative Professional

Surreal portrait of Matt Mahurin with art tools as fingers and other elements incorporated
Matt Mahurin

A five-decade career creating Illustrations for TIME, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. Gold and Silver Medals from The Society of Illustrators.

Photographic essays on The Homeless, AIDS, Texas Prison System, Mental Hospitals, Nicaragua, Haiti, Belfast, Mexico, Japan, and France.

Published three books of fine-art photographs.

Photographs in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Directed music videos for U2, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman, Sting, REM, Ice-T, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Metallica, David Byrne, Joni Mitchell.

Documentary I Like Killing Flies selected to the Sundance Film Festival and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Forty years teaching and lecturing at schools and professional organizations.

Releasing The Imagemaker’s Handbook in 2026 — A five volume, 2,000 page practical and philosophical exploration on life and work as a creative professional for students, pros, and educators in illustration, photography, and filmmaking.