Texas-based photographer Matt Rainwaters has an impressive portfolio and a roster of clients which demands respect but it was this intriguing project which caught our eye. Catfish is a series inspired by Richard Avedon and Mike Disfarmer’s work documenting rural American life in the middle of the last century, brought bang up-to-date. By taking portraits of various people holding catfish, Matt captures so much more than mere poses, and his pictures are a record of a section of American society too often reduced to sneery stereotypes.
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.