Duane Michals, One of the Most Innovative Photographers of the 20th Century, Dies at 94

Exceptional, bold photographer Duane Michals has passed away.

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Умер художник Дуэйн Майклс (Duane Michals). Я с вниманием относился к его работам, делился его фотографиями в разные годы в разных блогах, и мне нечего сказать. ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ Это с оглядкой на него Борис Михайлов стал писать тексты вокруг своих фотографий? #DuaneMichals #corpses #queerphotographers #artstars #BorisMikhailov

Duane Michals, a son of Slovak immigrants who went from McKeesport Technical High School to exhibitions in some of the world’s greatest art galleries, has died. He was 94.

Although he had lived in New York City since the 1960s, Michals' thoughts were never far from McKeesport, which was featured in many of his works.

https://tubecityonline.com/2026/06/citys-best-known-artist-duane-michals-dead-at-94/

#art #DuaneMichals #photographer #McKeesport

#RIP #DuaneMichals, a conceptual photographer I studied and admired back when I was a photography major in the 1980s.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/arts/design/duane-michals-dead.html

Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94

A self-taught artist, he brought narrative to modern photography with sequences of staged black-and-white images, often accompanied by wry or lyrical captions.

The New York Times
The Most Beautiful Part of a Man’s Body, Photo by Duane Michals, 1986 #photography #duanemichals

SIZE MATTERS

Es ist immer wieder überraschend, wie es dazu kommt, dass ich mir eine interessante Ausstellung auch wirklich anschaue. Meist kommen da mehrere Stränge zusammen. Zuerst hat mir eine Bekannte erzählt, dass das Bild ihres Sohnes, den ich als Kind noch kannte und der jetzt Kunst studiert hat, in Düsseldorf in einer Ausstellung hängt die "Size Matters" heißt. Ich hatte das Bild in Stuttgart in der „Gällery“ schon mal gesehen und dachte nicht im Traum daran, deswegen nach Düsseldorf zu […]

https://photo-philosophy.net/size-matters-kunstpalast-duesseldorf/

The great photographer Duane Michals turned 91 this weekend. Whether you’re a photographer, filmmaker, or any sort of artist, I highly recommend reading this interview he did about three years ago. He’s totally unpretentious and brutally honest.

#Photography #DuaneMichals

https://thephotographicjournal.com/interviews/duane-michals/

Duane Michals

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