Bio...Linda Matlow Pix International
LLC
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Linda Matlow
has personally had thousands of 'Rights Managed' images published
in magazines, books, newspapers, CD covers and tv shows since 1978.
In
addition to editorial work, her commercial clients have included
Walt
Disney (for more than 10 years)
Sony Pictures
1-800-Flowers
Architecture and Design Society
National Kidney Foundation
Arista Records
Intersport Television
The Starlight
Foundation
GenArt
Chicago Flower & Garden Show
The Jerry Springer Show (on and off for 19 years)
Steve Wilkos
show
Calvin Klein
Brocco Sprouts
Buena Vista Films
Borders Books
Brooks Brothers
Sears
Gibson Guitars
The Limelight Club
Cartier
Nashville Network
Creem Magazine
The Smithsonian Institute
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Jamaica Tourist Board
German Foods Consulate
Paramount Pictures
Carrie Lannon Public Relations
HBO
Miramax
Films
United Airlines
Colgate Palmolive
Marshall Field's
Rubenstein Public Relations
Silbar Public Relations
Martin E. Janis Public Relations
Comm2
Grace Public Relations
Hotel Sofitel
Marshall Field's
The Drake Hotel
Clairol
The Apparel Center
Hermes
Veuve Clicquot
Ovation Records
Target
WKQX Radio
Hawthorne Race Course
SIlbar Public Relations
Macy's
WLUP Radio
The United Way
Hotel Sofitel
Warner Brothers
American Express
United Airlines
WMET Radio
Harper's Magazine
Coca Cola and hundreds of other
major and up and coming businesses and the celebrities themselves.
Matlow is owner of the photo archives , Pix
International(http://www.pixintl.com)
which specializes in covering
major entertainment,cultural news and events.
In the 1980s,Linda was voted 'Rock Photographer of the Year'
by NRN and Midwest Beat Magazine.
She was photo editor and or Bureau chief and columnist for The
Prairie Sun, Chicago Soundz Magazine, Chicago Nightlife Magazine, Midwest
Beat, Chicago Beat. and had a celebrity photo column for many
years. In the 1990s she was approached by King World features to go
worldwide as their celebrity columnist.
Matlow was also on the masthead or contributing photographer for Creem
Magazine, 16 Magazine, Tiger
Beat, International Musician, Bop, CMJ, Hit Parader, Song Hits,
Musician
Magazine, Circus Magazine, Relix Magazine and many others. Pix
International started in 1980 in NYC. She does not do 'Paparazzi' style
photos. All coverage has been credentialed and by invitation to cover.
Of the thousands of celebrities and bands she's photographed,her
favorites thru the years: Lady Di, Paul McCartney, Frank Zappa, Muddy
Waters, Willie Dixon, Gregory Hines, Holland Taylor, Dennis Tufano(The
Buckinghams),Diana Ross, Dennis Rodman, Tina Turner, David Sanborn, The
Ramones, Bob Dylan, Beyonce, James Brown, Judy Carne, Alice Cooper, Victoria
Beckham and the list goes on!
In 1980 to the early 2000s Matlow's agency had represented hundreds of
well known photographers around the world including a Pulitzer Prize winner and two European photo
agencies.
She is still friends with them all and continues to represent their
work on a request only basis for upper-end print and television show license renewal requests.
In addition to being interviewed for local and national publications
for her work, Linda was a frequent radio guest in the 1980s on various
radio stations, including 'entertainment update' and a humor segment
called, 'Weather from my balcony' on WLS-AM Radio when she lived on the
39th floor of
Marina Towers with a great huge balcony.
Matlow's photos have been licensed to dozens of books around the
world and in the early 1990s Pix International published various entertainment magazines on floppy disk and CD.
In the late 2000s, book publishing ventures which included:
2010 'Hardcover' a Limited edition compilation of her music
photos from 1978 to 2010.The edition quickly sold out.
In addition,she has over 1 million general stock photo images available
for rights managed image licensing and has won
several print photo competitions thru the years.
Exhibits and prints displayed:
The State of Illinois Building in Chicago (the only
non staff photographer to have work displayed there!) Dedication from then Governor George Ryan
WMAQ Radio/TV (NBC)
'Wall of fame' when they were at the Merchandise Mart
Hawthorne Race
Course(Gold Cup Room),
The original Pump Room Restaurant
Bob Guiccione Jr's Spin
Magazine USA traveling exhibit for SPIN Magazine
Marina Gallery
Walt Disney Chicago
Office, WMET Radio and WLUP Radio
Private homes and offices of art patrons
Symmetry Hair Shapers
Several photo competions over the years. The latest one, 2019,
"Painterly Fog in Chicago," Nature Nominee for the International Color Awards
August 11, 2020
Inside Publications (viewable only by subscription to their site)
Article: "Finding Love During A Pandemic...nearly 50 years later." by
Felicia Dechter