Matthew Usher gained a National Diploma in Photography at the College of West Anglia under the tuition of John Hansell.
After leaving college, he worked at the local bi-weekly newspaper the Lynn News as a photographic assistant, eventually becoming a full time senior photographer there. He went on to work for the Eastern Daily Press and still works for Archant and the EDP as well as developing his own work.
Matthew continues to explore new techniques and processes in his personal landscape work.