IN THE EARLY 1840'S MATT BEGAN MAKING DAGUERREOTYPES OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS.  BESIDES BEING ONE OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHERS TO USE PHOTOGRAPHY.  JUST A FEW YEARS LATER HE DEVELOPED HIS FIRST PORTRAIT STUDIO, NEAR BROADWAY, AND THERE WERE MANY THAT CAME.  HE TOOK OVER 3,500 PORTRAITS OF MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE.  ALONG WITH THE *DAGUERREOTYPES HE PUBLISHES *LITHOGRAPHS.  AN INTEREST IN THE CIVIL WAR LED HIM TO DESIRE FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD.  HE ORGANIZED CORPS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TO FOLLOW HIM TO THE WAR.  THOUGH FAKING FEW PICTURES, MATT GOT ALL CREDIT FOR THE CROP'S MANY PHOTOGRAPHS.  THESE WERE THE FIRST EFFORTS TO REPRESENT COMPREHENSIVE PHOTOS OF WAR.  IT RESULTED IN AN UPSET AT THE CARNAGE.

 A DRAWING OF THE PHOTO GALLERY IN NEW YORK.