About Michael
As a portraitist, Michael has spent more than 30 years capturing his observations through the medium of photography. Michael is interested in the beauty of enduring things, and at the endurance of beautiful things.
His current project Seeking Refuge (Becoming American) awakens our thoughts to the survivor around us; often forgotten, beautiful and unstoppable. On neutral backgrounds, Michael explores the intimacy of his subjects through the elements of light, texture and muted tones. Seeking Refuge captures the human complexity of the urban refugee: the tenderness amidst adversity and strength.
Michael is a fine art photographer based in Buffalo, New York. He holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from SUNY at Buffalo. He has won numerous national and international awards for commercial photography and video production. His commercial work has appeared in Interior Design Magazine and in Times Square. His artwork hangs in hotels in the US and Japan including many prominent Las Vegas properties such as Caesars Palace, Mirage, New York New York, Bally's, Tropicana, and Freemont Hotel and Casino; in Arizona at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale and Hotel Monroe in Phoenix; in New York City at Courtyard by Marriott and The Michelangelo Hotel. His art work is included in private collections and corporate collections of Georgia Power and the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Michael is represented by publishers Bruce McGaw Graphics and Editions Limited allowing his work to be published into posters which have appeared in retail online outlets like, Art.com, Wayfair, Amazon, Target, and Macy’s.
In 2010 Michael designed the The Arcangel Gallery at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens and was the solo artist in its inaugural show.
In addition to his most recent show at Canvas Gallery in early 2019 entitled A Distant Voice, Michael’s show The Flow Through Wanakena appeared in at Otto’s Abode in the Adirondack Mountains during the fall of 2018, and will ne seen in an upcoming show at the The Nancy Dryfoos Gallery Kean University in early 2020
As a multi-disciplined photographer, Michael’s work has found national and international success across a wide spectrum of audiences. Custom images can be found in personal and corporate collections as well as displayed in iconic hotels throughout the world: Marriott, Hyatt, Mirage, Caesar’s Palace, Bally’s, New York New York, and The Michelangelo to name a few. At a different level, select prints from his Botanical collection have been carried by such national retailers as Macy’s, Target, J.C. Penney, Sears, and Art.com in addition to many boutique retailers.
Michael has also enjoyed critical success though Forest Productions & Photography, the studio he owns along with and his talented wife Christina in Buffalo, NY. For over the past two decades, their unique Creative Director / Producer partnership has created award winning work for leading brands and institutions, earning the studio and their clients consistent recognition along the way.