Duane Michaels

Duane Michaels was born in 1932 and is an American photographer. He places his images within a sequence and often incorporates text. At the age of 14, whilst attending Watercolour University Classes he started his artwork. Later in 1953 he received a B.A. from the University of Denver. In 1956 he studied at the Parsons School of Design to become a graphic designer, however he did not complete his studies. Michaels was a commercial photographer for several years, working for Esquire and Mademoiselle. He also covered the filming of The Great Gatsby for Vogue in 1974. In 1968 the Government of Mexico hired Michaels to photograph the Olympics. This work was then shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Some of Michaels' photography addressed gay themes, although he has not been involved in gay civil rights.Michaels inspired my first final image which was a sequence of movement. I used several images placed within one page so that you could see the movement within the sequence.