Duane Michals

Duane Michals Stephen ( born February 18, 1932 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is an American photographer. Largely self-taught, his works are known for their innovation and artistry. Michals often works with photo sequences and the inclusion of text to express emotion and of life, which is reflected in a unique result.

Michals grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on. In 1953 he made the "Bachelor of Arts" at the University of Denver. After his military service he began in 1956 to study at the Parsons School of Design to become a graphic designer with the intention, but he did not complete the study. During a holiday in the Soviet Union in 1958, he discovered his interest in photography. From the photographs he made ​​during that trip, was his first exhibition in 1963 at the Metro Gallery in New York City.

For several years, Michals worked as a freelancer, including for Esquire and Mademoiselle. During the filming of The Great Gatsby in 1974, he photographed for Vogue. Since he had no photo studio, he made portraits of people in their surroundings, which in contrast to the operation of other photographers of the time, such as Richard Avedon and Irving Penn was.

In 1968 Michals was by the Mexican government commissioned the Summer Olympic Games to photograph 1968. In 1970 his works were shown for the first time City in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The portraits he made ​​1958-1988, formed the basis for his book " album".

In 1976 Michals received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Michals also designed the cover for the album Synchronicity by The Police in 1983, and Richard Barone's album " Clouds Over Eden " in 1993.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2014 Duane Michals, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf.
  • 2008 Ian Ritterskamp / Duane Michals, Galerie Clara Maria Sels GmbH, Dusseldorf
  • 2008 " Beautiful People", Centre d'Art la Panera, Lerida
  • 2007 sobre Warhol Warhol, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
  • 2006 Contos Dixitais, CGAC - Centro Galego de Art Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
  • 2005 International Center of Photography, New York
  • 2004 " The Ecstasy of Things ", Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
  • 1999 Odakyu Museum, Tokyo
  • 1999 "Cosmos", Musée des beaux -arts de Montréal
  • 1999 " The Century of the Body: Photoworks 1900-2000 " Musée de l' Elysée, Lausanne
  • 1999 "From Camouflage to Free Style ", Musée d' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
  • 1995 Museum of Photography, Braunschweig
  • 1971 George Eastman House, Rochester, N. Y.
  • 1970 First solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 1963 Underground Gallery, New York City
Esquire (magazine) Vogue (magazine) Synchronicity (The Police album) NRW-Forum Integrated Authority File
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