One of Texas' leading editorial photographers, Matthew Mahon, was actually raised in urban Newark, NJ. Upon graduating from high school Mahon went to live with his aunt in South Central Los Angeles where he became infatuated with the "ghetto street life" and joined in with the infamous street gang, the Crips. A motorcycle crash in 1998 changed Mahon's life. He abandoned the street life and focused on his edgy style of photography. Mahon's work has appeared in TIME, WIRED and ESPN magazines