Scott Matyjaszek was born in 1950 in Detroit, Michigan.  He moved to Rochester, New York in 1971, and eventually went back to school in 1983 to study Audiovisual Technology at Monroe Community College and graduated in 1985 with honors.

His photography has been called "painterly" in that it transcends the limitations of regular photography through the composition of colors, textures, shapes, and designs of objects in their naturally found state. Some images have been described as "urban landscapes" which "transform what might be viewed as the dullest subjects imaginable – old walls – into elegant deductive composition."  He has been described as having a "sensitive eye for abstract beauty in mundane places" and it has been noted that the use of "sumptuous, penetrating color turn the smallest images into urban spice boxes."  The work has also been referred to as "trompe d'oeil," or in English, "trick of the eye."

His photography consists of "naturally found" subject matter.  In general, there are no tricks, filters, or special lighting techniques, as natural available light sources are used for nearly all the images.  After shooting and composing the subject matter, 35mm negatives (unless a digital camera was used) are scanned into a "digital darkroom" using an ultra-high resolution film scanner.  Photo manipulation software is used to color correct, change density, edit and/or modify the image.  Digital editing gives more control than using traditional techniques.

What makes the 3-dimensional photography uniquely different is that all photographs are hand-cut and layered to create a technique described as "photo-relief."  The images are digitally printed two to three times.  Then the photographs are hand-cut with an exacto-blade, assembled, layered, and glued back together again to create depth and perspective.