Matthew Shain: Exploring Memory Through Photographic Witness Matthew Shain’s artistic journey began in San Francisco, where he cultivated a dual passion for journalism and visual art—a combination that instilled within him an innate understanding of storytelling and aesthetic exploration. Armed with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism with an emphasis on creative advertising from the University of Colorado Boulder (2000) and subsequently earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography from California College of the Arts (2005), Shain established a robust foundation in visual com…