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michael quote - on racism and contempt ... scroll down to january 07
ALLAN MICHAEL – Statement/Bio – 2008
Studying Aesthetic Realism I now see why I fell in love with photography in 1978, when for the first time I saw the images I had actually shot in Central Park, come alive in the darkroom. I felt a new excitement and composure that thrilled me as I used my eyes to see meaning in the world around me. This passion for photography grew even more when in 1981, I was fortunate to study in the "Honoring Eye", class taught at Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City, by American photographer Nancy Starrels. In this class I learned this important principle of Aesthetic Realism(www.aestheticrealism.net )stated by its founder Eli Siegel; “The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.” Learning this changed my life as artist and person.I have exhibited work at the Terrain Gallery, Atlantic Gallery, Artist's Space, New York Law School, and Gallery 402, in NYC; the Firehouse Gallery, and the Craven Gallery, in Ma. My work was part of the traveling art exhibition, entitled, “Art Against Apartheid”. I have had fashion work appear in newspapers and trade magazines. I have also done editorial work for Essence Magazine. I have worked in the fields of fashion, still, creative, portrait, street, and wedding photography.
I continue my education today of art and photography in the monthly “Critical Inquiry” workshop, taught by the noted painter and art critic, Dorothy Koppelman.
I am presently studying to teach Aesthetic Realism in professional classes taught by Ellen Reiss, the Class Chairman. www.aestheticrealism.org
allan michael
email: ...... armichael (at) optonline.(dot) net
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