Raised in the suburban streets of Chicago, Michael has spent the last 10 years working as a photographer in NYC. His work has been seen in The Fader, Wired, Details, NY Magazine, The Wire, Spin, & The NY Times Magazine, to name a few. He's shot several book covers for best-selling authors & the last 4 seasons' look books for Isaac Mizrahi Studio. He photographed The Wilco Book (Picturebox) & the Grammy-winning packaging for Wilco's "A Ghost is Born." Michael's own books include, Shut Up Truth (J+L Books), The Week of No Computer (TV Books), The Plan (J+ L Books) and Aquemini (Continuum Books), about the eponymously titled Outkast album. Awards include one OBIE, many inclusions in the American Photo Annual, & a finalist for ICP's Infinity Award for young photographer in '03.

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