Mary Ellen Matthews has been SNL's photographer for 25 years. In a new book, The Art of the SNL Portrait, she shares her most ...

Amid all the hoopla surrounding Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary in February, one part of the show received little ...

The late-night show's resident photographer shares her favorite memories and insights from shooting all the talent who come through Studio 8H.

Mary Ellen Matthews has been shooting the show’s hosts and musical guests in variously compromising positions for a quarter ...

Mary Ellen Matthews has captured countless stars in 'SNL' show history. Matthews became the official photographer in 1999.

Then, on Thursdays, Mary Ellen Matthews enters the picture.Matthews has been the late-night show’s visionary resident photographer, tasked with taking the bumper shots (images that air before the live ...

Mary Ellen Matthews is the photographer behind Saturday Night Live's iconic "bumper" photos, the artistic and often hilarious pictures of the hosts and musical guests that appear before commercial ...

The woman who has photographed 25 years of “S.N.L.” hosts knows how to coax playful shots out of Kim Kardashian, Helen Mirren and Donald Trump. Mary Ellen Matthews in 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the ...

But Mary Ellen Matthews, SNL‘s in-house photographer, has bragging rights on both counts. For every (yes, every) episode since 2000, she’s snapped portraits of each guest host and musical act.

Editor’s note — A version of this story first published in 2022. She’s not a part of the cast, but Mary Ellen Matthews has been a key piece of “Saturday Night Live” for over two decades ...