Matthew W. Kennelly is a fine-art, documentary photographer from Edmonds, WA. Ralph Gibson, an award-winning photographer best known for his photography books, said about Kennelly’s work on In The Blood, “There is no other work on a family farm as intimate, warm, and human as this work.” A self-proclaimed documentarian of faults and glories, Kennelly hopes for all his work to break the barrier between stranger and friend, despair and hope, fantasy and reality. Empathy and honesty are the driving forces behind his work. He resides in Edmonds with his three dogs + roommate (the Tony award winning Todd Rosenthal's recent assistant for Scenic Design, Brandon David Riel, who Kennelly works closely with on his composed images) while working on various photo projects, studying at Seattle Pacific University, and helping out at his family’s music store. Kennelly began his first long-term project (In The Blood) at 22, had his debut solo exhibition at 24, photographed the USA National Games Special Olympics, won Leica Akademie's photo contest, was featured in LHSA's ViewfinderMagazine, was accepted into Magnum Photo's Matt Black workshop, was interviewed on the Real Food Real People podcast, won Edmond's Best Wedding Photographer 2021, and fulfilled his spot in Fuller Seminary's + Brehm Center's Resilient Artist residency program.