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Duane Michals
American photographer (born 1932)
Duane Michals | |
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Michals circa 1984 | |
| Born | (1932-02-18) February 18, 1932 (age 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Known for | Innovative use of photo-sequences, often incorporating text to examine emotion and philosophy |
| Notable work | Sequences, The journey of the spirit after death, Chance meeting; photographs |
Duane Michals ( "Michaels"; born February 18, 1932) is an American photographer.[1] Michals's work makes innovative use of photo-sequences, often incorporating text to examine emotion and philosophy.[2]
Education and career
Michals's interest in art began at age 14 while attending watercolor university classes at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh.[3] In 1953, he received a B.A. from the University of Denver.[4] In 1956, after two years in the Army, he went on to study at the Parsons School of Design with a plan to become a graphic designer; however, he did not complete his studies. Duane Michals was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and after taking art classes at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, he attended the University of Denver, where he received his undergraduate degree in 1953. After his military service ended in 1956, Michals moved to New York where he studied at Parsons School of Design and worked as a graphic designer for Dance and Time. A three-week tour of Russia in 1958 with a camera borrowed from a friend marked the beginning of Michals' artistic career, although he still accepted commercial photography assignments. His Russian photographs are portraits, while his images from the mid-1960s catalogue deserted sites in New York. In 1966, Michals started to structure his photographs as multiframe compositions, with subjects enacting set narratives. He began writing captions in the margins of his photographs in 1974, and incorporated painting into his treatment of the printed images in 1979. Books such as Salute, Walt Whitman (1996) veer away from the artist's characteristic interest in issues of mortality and sexual identity, Duane Michals | American, 1932 - •
Biography
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American photographer noted for his sequential images, which often deal with myths and mysteries and for his creative extension of the possibilities of the photographic medium.
Interested in art from a young age, Michals took classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pa., before attending the University of Denver, Colorado, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1956, after service in the army, he continued to pursue his interest in the arts at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, where he trained as a graphic designer. His photographic career commenced in 1958, when he traveled to the Soviet Union and made portraits of people on the streets with a borrowed camera. On his return, he worked as a freelance photographer for Vogue, Esquire, Mademoiselle, and Life magazines, doing fashion photography and portraits.
Over the years, Michals's approach to expressive photography changed considerably. His early interest in street happenings led him to make single documentary images of events that were considered part
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