Duane Michals

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Duane Stephen Michals (born February 18, 1932 in McKeesport , Pennsylvania ) is an American photographer . Largely self-taught, his work is known for its innovative strength and artistry. Michals often works with photo sequences and the inclusion of text to illustrate emotion and outlook on life, which translates into a unique result.

Michals grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In 1953 he made a "Bachelor of Arts" from the University of Denver . After his military service, he began studying at the Parsons School of Design in 1956 with the intention of becoming a graphic designer, but did not graduate. While on vacation in the Soviet Union in 1958, he discovered his interest in photography. The photographs he took during this trip resulted in his first exhibition in 1963 at the U Gallery in New York City .

Michals worked as a freelancer for several years, including for Esquire and Mademoiselle. He was shooting for Vogue while filming The Great Gatsby in 1974 . Since he did not have a photo studio, he made portraits of people around them, which was in contrast to the work of other photographers of the time, such as Richard Avedon or Irving Penn .

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

In 1976 Michals received a National Endowment for the Arts scholarship . Michals also designed the cover for the album Synchronicity by The Police in 1983 and Richard Barone's album "Wolken über Eden" in 1993. The German Society for Photography DGPh awarded Duane Michals the culture prize in 2017 in Cologne .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2014 Duane Michals , NRW-Forum , Düsseldorf.
  • 2008 Ian Ritterskamp / Duane Michals, Galerie Clara Maria Sels GmbH, Düsseldorf
  • 2008 “Beautiful People”, Center d'Art la Panera, Lerida
  • 2007 Warhol sobre 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 for Photography , Braunschweig
  • 1977 documenta 6 , Kassel
  • 1971 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  • 1970 First solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art , New York
  • 1963 Underground Gallery, New York City

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Society for Photography eV: The American artist Duane Michals receives this year's DGPh Culture Prize , accessed on March 28, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Michals, Duane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michals, Duane Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH McKeesport , Pennsylvania