About frontline pictures

Matt Cetti-Roberts is a UK based photojournalist and documentary photographer.

In 1994 Matt enlisted in the British Army, spending a total of 7 years in uniform. The majority of his time was spent serving with 9 PARA Squadron RE as part of 5 Airborne and 16 Air Assault Brigades.

During service he spent much of his time actively deployed on operations in countries such as Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo.

After leaving the forces in 2001 Matt settled on a career as a photographer and in the years since then has worked with a diverse set of clients, ranging from large US corporations to small UK charities.

In 2005 he was recalled to the armed forces and sent to Iraq as a mobilised member of the regular reserve. His camera equipment went with him and he set about documenting his tour in Iraq. It was in Iraq, on a Basrah street, in a moment of clarity that he realised his passion lay in visual storytelling and photojournalism.

Since 2005 he has worked on self initiated projects on varied subjects, with ongoing projects including documenting the decline of family owned boats within the UK fishing industry. Iraq remains a focus of Matt's work: after visiting an Iraqi news agency in Northern Iraq in 2008 to cover the plight of Iraqi journalists, he returned again in 2010 to begin a project focusing on the hidden legacy of landmines in Iraq.

As well as selling direct to publications Matt's work is syndicated via London News Pictures and Alamy. Matt is also a founding member of the Lacuna Media collective.