Mead began his career in New York City working as a contributing style editor with Mary Emmerling on her magazine Mary Emmerling’s Country (Gruner and Jahr). His first book, "GIFTS FROM NATURE," was published in 1997 by Clarkson Potter.

With a well-developed reputation in "how-to" home and food styling, Matthew and his wife Jennifer decided to situate their studio in Southern New Hampshire... "My family is there and the state is so beautiful in all the different seasons. We thought how appropriate to live in the country and produce spectacular images of real New England life," says Matthew. "So we found an old building and started MATTHEW MEAD PRODUCTIONS." MMP, Inc. as we fondly call it is a full service studio that conceptualizes ideas, scouts locations, crafts projects, and casts models for all types of images.

"We love what we do, and we always look for new and challenging endeavors... many clients put projects in our hands and let creativity lead the way." We specialize in lifestyle books, catalogs, and magazine editorial.