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 a second chance.
- Finalist RGB Awards 2012
- Commended: Series category of the 2011 Still Life 5 competition of the London Photographic Association with photographs from the series 'Fragments'
- Winner of the Still Life Category of the ICI Olmec Student Digital Photographer of the Year Awards 2006
Current exhibitions during the Bristol Festival of Photography (BFOP):
Solo show: Recollections, 30 April-12 May 2012, Tobacco Factory, Southville
Solo show: Stills from an Imagined Dream, 1-31 May 2012, Rubicon Cafe Lounge, Chandos Road, Redland
Group show: f/16, 30 April-15 May 2012, Grain Barge, Hotwells
RGB Awards Finalists Exhibition, 4-31 May 2012, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bristol
Selected past 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
- Selected Work at the Guildhall Chambers, solo show, Bristol, 2011
- Spooky Show III, juried show, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, USA, 2011
