PROFILE
Michael spent many years in Edinburgh working as a freelance commercial, portrait & fine art photographer, and has been based in Bristol since 2006. He completed a BA in Photography at Hereford College of Arts in 2007. In his fine work, Michael works predominantly with film and medium format cameras, photographing details from both the natural landscape and the urban environment. He particularly favours Holgas, employing their lo-fi optical characteristics to lend a nostalgic or dreamlike feel to his images. He also experiments with pinhole cameras as well as giving vintage cameras from thrift shops a second chance.
- Winner of the Still Life Category of the ICI Olmec Student Digital Photographer of the Year Awards 2006
- Commended: Series category of the 2011 Still Life 5 competition of the London Photographic Association with photographs from the series 'Fragments'
Selected exhibitions: - Rhubarb-Rhubarb International Festival of the Image, Birmingham 2007 - Plastic Fantastic, juried show, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, USA, 2010 - Solo show at the 2 Degrees Gallery in the Bristol Festival of Photography 2010 - Solo show 'Cameraworks' at the Photo Gallery, Bristol, 2010 - Open Photography 2, juried show, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 2011 - Plastic + Film: An Exhibition of Toy Camera Photography, juried show, The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, USA, 2011 - 12 Days of Bristol Creatives, The Showroom, Bristol, UK, 2011 - Spooky Show III, juried show, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, USA, 2011
