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Week One: Sequential Images: Duane Michals Research


Duane Michals (b. 1932, McKeesport, PA) is one of the great photographic innovators of the last century, widely known for his work with series, multiple exposures, and text.

In the 1960s, Michals began making substantial, innovative photography advancements. In a time when photojournalism was widely used, Michals used the media to convey stories. The sequences for which he is well-known use the film's frame-by-frame structure. Text has been a crucial element in Michals's works as well. His handwritten prose doesn't have a didactic or explanation purpose; instead, it deepens the meaning of the images and gives voice to Michals' peculiar musings, which are frequently poetic, tragic, and amusing all at once.



Things Are Queer
1973
Nine gelatine silver prints with hand-applied text
3 3/8 x 5 inches

The image above is one of Duane Michals's works. The short sequence of images ends up repeating itself. The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are just a few permanent collections that house Michals's work. The Pittsburgh Carnegie Museum of Art is home to Michals's archive.

The Spirit Leaves the Body
1968
Seven gelatin silver prints with hand-applied text
3 3/8 x 5 inches (each image)

The following images show a spirit leaving its body and how our soul will leave our body, too. The International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Art (1989), the Foto Espaa Worldwide Award (2001), a CAPS Grant (1975), a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1976), and an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts (2005) have all been awarded to Michals in appreciation of his contributions to photography.

The Fallen Angel
1968
Eight gelatin silver prints with hand-applied text
5 x 7 inches (each image)

Duane Michals's work tells a hidden story behind every image he uses. This proves that photography is not only for showing scenes or actions, but it can tell a story, an emotion or even how the artist thinks. This is one of the reasons why I find sequential images fascinating. Someday, I would like to have my own story behind pixelated photos.


REFERENCES

Duane Michals (no date) DC Moore Gallery. Available at: https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/duane-michals/series/sequences?view=slider (Accessed: 08 October 2023).

Duane Michals (no date a) DC Moore Gallery. Available at: https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/duane-michals/series/sequences?view=slider#3 (Accessed: 08 October 2023).

Duane Michals (no date a) DC Moore Gallery. Available at: https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/duane-michals/series/sequences?view=slider#4 (Accessed: 08 October 2023).







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