The city has a human tide, it flows en masse, with direction and force. There are those, artists among them, who are pulled by a different magnetic energy. Michelle is one. Musician, songwriter, poet.
Biography
I was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, a factory town (“Lynn, Lynn city of sin”). When I was six, my family followed my father’s job to the bluegrasses of Louisville, Kentucky. I grew up idly following storm drains, cutting my own paths to adventure. I was, and still am prone to unscheduled drifting.
Photography gives me permission, a license to visit the lives of others, the courage to really meet the people I photograph, and the passion to observe and honor the most intimate of our human experiences and emotions. I call it "visual breathing."
Awards
2018 IPA - Honorable Mention (Advertising / Music) “Noree Chamber Soloists”
2018 IPA - Honorable Mention (People / Children) “Anonymous”
2017 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) - Silver (Advertising / Music)
2017 PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) - Bronze (Advertising / Music)
2017 MIFA (Moscow International Foto Award) - Silver (Fine Art / Still Life)
2017 MIFA - Silver (Editorial / Personality) "Taboo: The Fight"
2017 MIFA - Bronze (Advertising / Music)
2017 IPA (International Photography Awards) - 2 x Honorable Mention (Architecture) "Oz" & "The Highline
2017 IPA - 2 x Honorable Mention (Fine Art) "Oz" & "Mimi"
2017 IPA - Honorable Mention (Portrait)
2016 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) - Bronze (Advertising / Food)
2016 IPA - Family of Man - Honorable Mention