My name is Tomáš Dančo, creator of MattPhoto. I am a 20 years old photographer, specializing mainly on animal photography. I am also passionate to other photography genres.
I fell in love with photography in 2010, when I started studying on, paradoxically, secondary veterinary school in Košice. Since then, I am trying to improve in my techniques, in storytelling through my photos more and more.
During my studies, I also developed interest in animal photography, mainly dogs. I also had the opportunity to shoot various school events, as well as student's home events, for example partys or concerts. Later I got the offers to shoot balls and proms, too.
I am currently widening my horizons and I photograph other genres, not only animals.
People keeps asking me, why and how I came up with the name Matt Noir. Well, one day I made up my mind, that my old nickname ist already worn out and I decided to create a pseudonym. Name Matt did not last long. Noir was much harder and it took two days. I thought it was an invented word. I was really surprised, when I found out, that it means "black" in French (and I don't speak French). But it was good, because I instinctively tuned everything to black color.