Words by Andy Meltzer
Since 2004, Matter has participated in the PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York, a gathering of the Who’s Who in photography. We’re (exhaustedly) getting back into the office following this year’s fantastic event and I wanted to use this space to express some thanks to the many who made our presence at PPE a major success:
– Our clients: SIGMA, Unified Color, Spider Holster, ILFORD, Gary Fong, Camera Bits, Datacolor, DxO Labs, Lowepro and Acme Made, and, of course, our booth neighbors at Lexar. All of these brands came out strong at PhotoPlus and trusted Matter to help make their investments in PPE that much more effective. Additional thanks to our client, Pinhole Press, who sat this one out but helped provide collateral that was incredibly well received!
– The media: It never ceases to amaze me how Matter staff and members of the photography trade media interact at this and other events – almost as if we were seeing old friends at a reunion. The photo community is a very tight group, even as it grows on a yearly basis. We are honored to consider ourselves a part of this network and it is our relationship with the media that help make that a reality. We staffed about 125 press meetings at this show and we can’t thank those who took time out to meet with our clients enough.
– The team at Matter – in no particular order: Zachary Heath, Tobi Young, Greg Wind, Chrissy Kinch, Kristin Amico, Colleen McCarthy, Andrew Rodger, Sheena Guide, Tim Bradley and, of course, the Boss, Scott Signore. At home in PVD, Theresa Freeman and Julie Sellew did serious grunt work and held down the fort. Thank you for your incredible and diligent work before, during and after this show, for making a naturally chaotic experience run like clockwork, for trudging through rain, snow and cold and still keeping up your enthusiasm for your work and for sacrificing the treads on your shoes to the Javits Center floor. You guys are the best.
I will let Tim’s sweet video (that’s only fault is that it contains my visage) give you a sense of what it all looked like, but to all who were there and made this year a rousing success for Matter and our partners, my sincere thanks and see you at the next show!
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