Our Team
Studio Mondo was founded in 2001 by one of Australia’s most renowned fashion photographers, Grant Matthews. Since then, Grant has been joined in the leadership team by Michael Cherry, Alice Cook and Kris Asprey. Between them comes a full suite of skills and experience; while Grant acts as a creative lead across the business, Michael directs the overall business and its client-focused solutions, Alice manages the production department and team of in-house staff and Kris oversees the technical and operational aspects of the business, ensuring that our client-centric ethic remains at the core of everything we do.
Over the years we have expanded our Studio Mondo team to include photographers, stylists, producers, editors, copywriters, technicians and account managers. What we value most in our people comes out in our work – passion, integrity and a commitment to quality.
Grant Matthews
— Founder / Creative Director
Grant Matthews has been one of Australia’s top fashion photographers since he started shooting in 1971. Grant’s photography has been seen in Vogue Australia, Vogue UK, American Vogue, Elle and Harper’s, to name a few. He has shot campaigns for iconic international and Australian brands such as Bloomingdales, J.Crew, Parco, Takashimaya, Marks & Spencer, David Jones, Myer, EziBuy, and many others.
As a film director, Grant has worked for brands such as Ray Ban, MasterCard, Panadol, Sydney Morning Herald, Ikea, Colgate and Arnotts.
Grant works closely with all our staff and personally mentors each photographer we employ to ensure that we are consistently delivering the highest quality content.
Alice Cook
— General Manager & Senior Producer
After graduating from Media and Communications at Macquarie University in 2000, Alice has worked in production across television, film, TVC, documentaries, fashion and advertising photography.
After many years with Mondo, Alice took a sabbatical in 2011 to work in the UK, where she worked as a producer for top fashion catalogue company Boden.
Alice returned to Mondo at the end of 2012 and brings her 14 years of production experience to the agency as General Manager. She has recently completed an MBA.
Kris Asprey
— Chief of Operations
Kris has spent the past 20 years working in the media industry. He has been responsible for managing all production, technical and operational aspects of many retail agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi (David Jones), Moon and Studio Woo.
More recently, Kris has been honing his operational skills and managing the commercial operations for Australia’s largest publishers—Newscorp and Fairfax.
His extensive array of experience has seen him deliver hundreds of catalogues, brand campaigns and manage Australia’s largest fantasy product—Supercoach.