matthew cassel

Travel History

Profession:	photographer
Location:	Beirut , Lebanon ( BEY )
Home base:	Chicago/Beirut
URL:	http://www.justimage.org
URL:	http://www.photoshelter.com/user/cassel
Email:	•••••••• (private)
Mobile email:	•••••••• (private)
Languages spoken:	English, Arabic
Skype:	mcassel
Mobile phone (while in Beirut):	+961.312.6069
Mobile phone:	+961.312.6069
Home phone:	+1.312.656.8211
Last login:	about 14 hours ago
Member since:	23 Aug 2005 05:08

About

Matthew Cassel is a freelance photographer from Chicago currently based in Beirut, Lebanon.

Born in 1982, Cassel has spent most of his time living and traveling throughout the Middle East since the age of 21.

In 2006 he co-founded a media school for youth from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank called, Picture Balata – picturebalata.net.

Cassel has also interned with VII photo agency in Paris in 2005 and attended the Eddie Adams workshop in 2006.

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera"

-Lewis Wickes Hine