Irish Illustrated insider subscribers.

This is Drew Mentock, and I'm here to bring you the 10th episode from our bi-weekly podcast series in the feed, Irish Illustrated interviews.

Today, we're sharing my conversation with Matt Kishore, a professional photographer who has captured noteworthy and inspiring photos from around the

University of Notre Dame's campus since he was a student in the early 1990s. He got his start

shooting for his class yearbook and then freelancing for Nerardame magazine. He was also hired by

Tim Priester at publications like Blue and Gold Illustrated and Irish Illustrated, all of which

brought him into the world

of athletics and fighting Irish football. In 2007, he joined Erdame full-time as a university

photographer, where he's worked as a self-described generalist ever since. Our conversation spans

his entire career, diving into some of the biggest request he's made of

higher-ups at the university, how to get the perfect shot, his Rudy rule, his love for Kevin

McDougall, and Matt Kishore Airlines. We also discuss how he picks his four faves from each game

and his four all-time favorite images of Notre Dame football that he's captured.

Lastly, we chat about his most recent book, Love The, Nerudame.

Here's my interview with Matt.

I'm kind of curious, what's your first recollection or memory of Nerardame before you even

attended the university?

I can't remember not hearing about Notre Dame because my dad went there, his brothers

went there, other cousins.

So it was already a multi-generational thing.

And so I can't ever remember not hearing about Notre Dame.

It was the only school I applied to in high school.

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