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| Growing up on the North Shore of beautiful Lake Tahoe in Northern California instilled a deep fascination, and sense of adventure for wild places in Michael, and began a lifetime journey that draws him to beautiful locations. |
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| After surviving a backcountry accident in 1989, his parents gave him a 35mm SLR while he was recovering. With this camera in hand he became fascinated with photography during his rehabilitation. |
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| After a year of recovery Michael moved to California’s Central Coast to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Every weekend (and often when he should have been attending classes...) Michael would find himself at Montana De Oro State Park, camera on a tripod, learning the intricacies of nature photography. |
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| Soon Cal Poly was left behind in favor of wilder more remote Humboldt State University. After graduating in 1994 with a B.A. in Fine Art, trips to local State Parks evolved into longer trips across North America, and the 35mm camera evolved into a 4x5 view camera. |
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| Michael feels that the journey of photographic art is forever changing, and is looking forward to expand his vision beyond North America to wild places, cultures, and architecture that have been made rich in beauty, history, and by withstanding the test of time and the elements. |
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