Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews is responsible for most of the cast portraits featured each week on Saturday Night Live. She shares her approach to capturing stills of the comedians, including how concepts like ‘comedic timing’ translate to still photography, and discusses her new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Portrait-Mary-Ellen-Matthews/dp/1419782533/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PBYCQQP8TGZZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1ZdKT1ny2TvKZOslEInomrLoeoe4qJLLsZiMvqDTOJ-S1CgzT77AFcMWkyYqDLvP.3DSRi3h98ckTyuqjgdD-uz8nDWoycz_J9J_ras4MH4U&dib_tag=se&keywords=mary+ellen+matthews+the+art+of+the+snl&qid=1743442260&sprefix=Mary+Ellen+Matthews+%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-1">The Art of the SNL Portrait</a>.

Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews is responsible for most of the cast portraits featured each week on Saturday Night Live. She shares her approach to capturing stills of the comedians, including how concepts like ‘comedic timing’ translate to still photography, and discusses her new book The Art of the SNL Portrait.

Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews is responsible for most of the cast portraits featured each week on Saturday Night Live. She shares her approach to capturing stills of the comedians, including how concepts like ‘comedic timing’ translate to still photography, and discusses her new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Portrait-Mary-Ellen-Matthews/dp/1419782533/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PBYCQQP8TGZZ&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1ZdKT1ny2TvKZOslEInomrLoeoe4qJLLsZiMvqDTOJ-S1CgzT77AFcMWkyYqDLvP.3DSRi3h98ckTyuqjgdD-uz8nDWoycz_J9J_ras4MH4U&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=mary+ellen+matthews+the+art+of+the+snl&amp;qid=1743442260&amp;sprefix=Mary+Ellen+Matthews+%2Caps%2C215&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Art of the SNL Portrait</a>.

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