Portrait - Professional

Lykke Li - Apple

Matt Beard
USA

Nominee

"Lykke Li - Apple"
Portrait of musician Lykke Li for Apple iTunes. Brooklyn, NY March 2011

Biography: Matt Beard / b.1972 Venice, CA I grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles, CA. From the early 1980's through the end of the 90's I could usually be found on the beach, or in a backyard...surfing waves, skating rickety plywood ramps, or grinding across the cracked plaster of some neighbor's empty pool. I picked up my first camera in a 10th grade Black & White photography class at Venice High. I quickly fell in love with the process. Everything from shooting, to developing the film and printing in the darkroom. It became my #1 idea of a good time. 35 years later, and still at...

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