Michael is a South African born photographer and cinematographer who moved to New York in the mid nineteen eighties.
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His work has appeared in Elle, Gourmet, House & Garden, Travel & Leisure and The World of Interiors. Michael is recognized for the striking directness and intimacy in his photographs and short movies, and for his ability to communicate beauty. He moves easily from studio to location and his characteristic narrative style is sought by a wide range of clients including Nordstrom, J Jill, Neiman Marcus, LL Bean, Crabtree and Evelyn, Eddie Bauer, Pendleton and Garden Botanika, who come to him for his sensuous, sophisticated and free spirited images of people and places. He has photographed award-winning books on chefs and restaurants that include ‘Chefs Night Out’, ‘Dining Out’, ‘Becoming a Chef’ and ‘The New American Chefs’ by Andrew Dorenberg and Karen Page. He is working on his own book about chefs and their motivations for cooking. His portraits of Adam Tihany appear in the designer’s monographs. Together they have collaborated on artwork for hotel projects in Prague and Las Vegas. He currently lives in New York.
