Rate My Professor Matthew Gamber

Matthew Gamber serves as Associate Professor of Photography and New Media and Program Coordinator for Visual Arts (Studio) in the Department of Visual Arts at the College of the Holy Cross. He holds a B.F.A. in two-dimensional studies from Bowling Green State University and an M.F.A. in studio art from Tufts University, specializing in photography and printmaking. Gamber first taught at Holy Cross during the 2008-2009 academic year and rejoined the faculty full-time in 2014, receiving tenure in 2019. His prior teaching experience includes positions at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Savannah College of Art and Design. Additionally, he worked on archival and digitization initiatives with Harvard University and the Boston Public Library as part of Digital Commonwealth. Gamber's courses integrate traditional darkroom practices with explorations of emerging technologies, prompting students to reconsider photography amid digital transformations.

Gamber's research and artistic practice examine historical media technologies, the evolution of print media, the origins of color photography, and their shaping of visual culture. Since 2019, he has partnered with artist Yael Eban on collaborative projects that probe the materiality of photographs, authenticity, and the medium's capacity to replicate and commodify surfaces within material culture. Notable exhibitions include his solo survey “Grammar” at the Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross, faculty presentations such as “Impetus: Visual Arts Faculty 2026,” “Summa,” and group shows featuring his work alongside colleagues. His projects have been featured through TBW Books, Photoworks, Turley Gallery, Lodret Vandret, New Shelter Plan, Printed Matter, CENTER, BOMB Magazine, and TIME Lightbox. Gamber has earned the Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship, an Artist’s Resource Trust Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, a Traveling Fellowship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Blanche E. Colman Award, recognizing his contributions to contemporary photography.