

Matt Eich
Matt Eich is a photographic essayist who creates long-form photobook works related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. He is the author of five monographs and numerous zines. Eich’s work has been exhibited in more than 30 solo shows and more than 100 group exhibitions and festivals. His prints are held in public collections including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portland Art Museum and…
Matt Eich is a photographic essayist who creates long-form photobook works related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. He is the author of five monographs and numerous zines. Eich’s work has been exhibited in more than 30 solo shows and more than 100 group exhibitions and festivals. His prints are held in public collections including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portland Art Museum and others. Matt was an artist in residence at Light Work in 2013, at a Robert Rauschenberg Residency in 2019 and at the Virginia Center for Contemporary Art and Prairie in 2026. The Special Collections Library at the National Gallery of Art holds his books and maquettes. Eich is an Associate Professor at Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at the George Washington University, is the publisher of the independent imprint Little Oak.PRESS and resides in Charlottesville, Virginia

Stasis 001
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Stasis 002
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Pictures & Poems, No. 1: Half-Sung (Matt Eich & Doug Van Gundy)
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
Sturm & Drang

The Seven Cities (The Invisible Yoke, Volume III)
Sturm & Drang

We, The Free (The Invisible Yoke, Volume IV)
Sturm & Drang

I Love You, I'm Leaving
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Say Hello to Everybody, OK?
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Seasonal Blues, Volume I: Winter 2019
Little Oak.PRESS
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We, The Free (The Invisible Yoke, Volume IV)
CVLT Nation: We, The Free: America Through The Lens Of Matt Eich · cvltnation.com
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We, The Free (The Invisible Yoke, Volume IV)
The Eye Of Photography · loeildelaphotographie.com
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We, The Free (The Invisible Yoke, Volume IV)
The New York Review of Books: A Nation Deranged · nybooks.com
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The Seven Cities (The Invisible Yoke, Volume III)
American Suburb X: Matt Eich's The Seven Cities · americansuburbx.com
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The Seven Cities (The Invisible Yoke, Volume III)
The Virginian-Pilot: Photographer Matt Eich examines and celebrates his local roots in his book ‘The Seven Cities’ · pilotonline.com
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Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town (The Invisible Yoke, Volume II)
Photoville FENCE: Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town · fence.photoville.com
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Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town (The Invisible Yoke, Volume II)
Burn Magazine · burnmagazine.org
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Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town (The Invisible Yoke, Volume II)
The New Yorker: Seven Years on the Margins in Rural Mississippi · newyorker.com
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I Love You, I'm Leaving
FotoRoom / Matt Eich Turns His Lens on His Family During a Stressful Time · fotoroom.co
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
Medium: I spent 10 years photographing Appalachia · medium.com
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
CNN: Finding family in a ‘brokenhearted’ Appalachian town · cnn.com
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
FeatureShoot: One Photographer’s Haunting Love Song to Appalachia · featureshoot.com
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
The New Yorker: I Feel Forgotten: A Decade of Struggle In Rural Ohio · newyorker.com
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Carry Me Ohio (The Invisible Yoke, Volume I)
The Atlantic: A Hidden American Anger · theatlantic.com
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