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Antelope Canyon, AZ |
Girl at West Lake, Hangzhou |
Calla Lilies |
Mike creates images that celebrate the myriad forms of nature -- from landsapes to the human form -- and he has a penchant for "black and white in color"... images that
are mostly black and white yet splashed with color, such as the image below and also the Girl at West Lake .
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NEWS FLASH ... The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO will include one of Mike's images in a Juried International Exhibit "New Visions." This pretigous exhibition opens on Jan 15, 2010. The image to be exhibited, presented here, is from a portfolio in which the nude is rendered in hues of blue, breaking with conventional skin tones and encouraging us to focus solely on form and lighting. The original image containing the two figures was torn and then re-shot so that the tear not only represents a compositional element but also introduces an emotional, psychological dimension – reminding us of the ever-present fragile nature of our relationships. |
Blues: Torn Relationship |
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NEWS ... 1st Place, Berkeley Camera Club 2009 Annual Print Competition An image of Tuscany (Alleyway in St Angelo .... see Tuscany gallery) was awarded 1st place in the Berkeley Camera Club's annual 2009 juried print competition. .... Berkeley Camera Club Winner In Aug 2009, one of Mike's images was awarded Best in Show, Pictorial Image of the Month by the Berkeley Camera Club. That image "Isabell in Repose" is shown to the right. Mike is happy to acknowledge the influence of photographer Ruth Bernhard on his work. Also, Mike took a nude photography master class from Kim Weston (Edward's grandson) in April 2009. ... Recent Gallery Exhibit Thirteen of Mike's images were on display in a solo exhibit at the French Hotel Cafe on Shattuck Ave in Berkeley. The exhibit ran from June 1 through July 1, 2009. |
Isabell in Repose |
Sierra Club Photo Competition winner As a Sierra Club Photo Competition winner (Nature in California, 2007),
Mike's image of Alpine Columbines in the Sierra Nevada (shown here) was recently displayed in group exhibits
both at the Shadelands Art Center (111 North Wiget, Walnut Creek, CA)
and at the Bay Model Gallery, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA.
Sierra Club publication:
Mike's image of Alpine Columbines in the Sierra Nevada
was also published in the Sierra Club's Yodeller magazine, in the July 2007 issue.
Dance Image publications: One of Mike's images (shown here) graced the Nov. 2007 cover of In Dance , the news magazine of San Francisco's Dancers Group. It shows members of the dance company Dance Monks emerging from the ocean at Muir Beach, CA. Additional images by Mike were published within the Nov. and Dec. issues of In Dance .
Mike enjoys the challenge of capturing the peak moment in dance, the pinnacle of action or the unique moment of balance....as illustrated in the Dance Gallery.
"Dance is an elusive art. It slips through your fingers and toes. But (it) is a formidable one...." Merce Cunningham
"Lighting is the very soul of a photograph"
Need more information or wish to order archival prints, contact Mike Slack
Yoga Focus Yoga Photography has recently caught Mike's attention as illustrated by the image to the left.
The quiet meditation is almost a counterpoint to dance photography, and is certainly something we can all benefit from in this hectic world.
In addition, he still pursues a first love - landscape / nature photography - and travels regularly to the slot canyons of the Southwest, to the high country of Utah and into the Virgin River narrows.
Closer to home, he can be found along the shoreline of Tamales Bay and wandering around old barns in Marin, CA.
An inherent challenge of any photography website is to display the quality of an image (limited to 72dpi) and to download it in
a short time. The Galleries show medium sized images that down load in about 6 sec at 56Kbps. In a few cases options are provided for higher resolution images and the viewers patience is rewarded by downloading an
enlarged image. The web is inevitably full of compromises.....speed vs quality. However, Mike never compromises his photography or his archival printing.
He shoots with Nikon equipment and prints on the highest quality archival German Hahnemuhle Paper (PhotoRag Pearl), using pigment based Epson UltraChrome K3 inks