![Duane Michals, 2012 -by wowe (Wolfgang Wesener) [+]
Portraits by wowe November 2, 2012 - January 6, 2013Leica Gallery Prague
from Journal de la Photographie](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2vdi83zN1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
Duane Michals, 2012 -by wowe (Wolfgang Wesener) [+]
Portraits by wowe
November 2, 2012 - January 6, 2013
Leica Gallery Prague
![René Magritte, 1965 -by Duane Michals [+]
from Bassenge](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcz6aebtry1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![Duane Michals, Arles, 1976 -by Christian Vogt [+]
from lalettre](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0cpgyL0U1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![Portrait of René Magritte and Giorgio de Chirico, 1979 -by Duane Michals
[Michals also at: B&B, EGyB]
via MA](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldk8787AIR1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
Duane Michals, 2012 -by wowe (Wolfgang Wesener) [+]
Portraits by wowe
November 2, 2012 - January 6, 2013
Leica Gallery Prague
Balthus and Setsuko, 2000 -by Duane Michals
Duane Michals: Balthus & Setsuko, 2000
Marcel Duchamp at home, New York, 1962 -by Duane Michals
As I age, while I still have time, I yearn to know now, more than ever, my true self, that random and illusive thing, decorated with personality. We believe ourselves to be this kaleidoscope of passions and distractions. We are a brilliant and unknown moment, suspended between memory and anticipation, anxious in our uncertainties, and doomed to fade with our consciousness. How can such a mystery be photographed? What is left for us but amazement?
— Duane Michals, in ‘I Am Much Nicer Than My Face: and other thoughts about portraiture’ - from Los Angeles Times (1989)
from PdP
![Arthur Tress, Self Portrait in Cabin in Casper, WY, 2008
Duane Michals about Arthur Tress
If Arthur Tress comes to photograph you, beware. Do not be taken in by that innocent smile and shy demeanor. They are his disguises. Arthur sees rather than looks, and he will see your secrets. […]I don’t think that I want Arthur to photograph me. I might not be prepared to deal with what he sees. And I know he will be right.— Duane Michals, Tress’ Vaudeville [read all the text]
photo from icp](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzbha08Wpv1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
Arthur Tress, Self Portrait in Cabin in Casper, WY, 2008
Duane Michals about Arthur Tress
If Arthur Tress comes to photograph you, beware. Do not be taken in by that innocent smile and shy demeanor. They are his disguises. Arthur sees rather than looks, and he will see your secrets. […]
I don’t think that I want Arthur to photograph me. I might not be prepared to deal with what he sees. And I know he will be right.
— Duane Michals, Tress’ Vaudeville [read all the text]
photo from icp
![Duane Michals, NYC, 2001 -by Abe Frajndlich [+]
Abe Frajndlich seen by Duane Michals:
Honest Abe FrajndlichHow the Cleveland Kid photographs icons with his NikonWhat do you do when you see Irving Penn peering back at you through your lens? I’d panic then practice Zen.What to do when Cartier Bresson shouts as you shoot, “Get out of my way, Be Gone!” and hits you on the head? I’d be frantic and play dead.And when you ask Annie to sit in a chair and suddenly your camera is flying midair, because La Leibovitz has thrown a fit, I’d quit in despair.But not Frajndlich. The Cleveland Kid is very brave and has a trick or two up his sleeve. Anyone who can turn a lemon into Jack Lemonade is a foto alchemist. The rumors of Abe’s humor are true. He has the light touch of a jewel thief who can steal your face sans grief. He sees what others only notice, and in a flash ALACAZAM, it’s thank you ma’am.How does he do it?Frajndlich mesmerizes with chit-chatDistracts with catty gossip.Slips them martinis,Then stuffs them with blinis.He shoots away until they say,“Uncle!” Are we through already?Can I go now?The Cleveland Kid is haute couture not prêt-à-porter. Each portrait is not so much a reproduction of the sitter’s face, but rather an expression of the subject vis-a-vis his poetry. Insight is Abe’s secret. Understanding, rather than mere observation, is what defines him as a photographer. To be Frajndlichized is to be immortalized.And that is all I have to say.— Duane Michals
photo and text from lalettre](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfk1u4uvW1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
Duane Michals, NYC, 2001 -by Abe Frajndlich [+]
Abe Frajndlich seen by Duane Michals:
Honest Abe Frajndlich
How the Cleveland Kid photographs icons with his Nikon
What do you do when you see Irving Penn peering back at you through your lens? I’d panic then practice Zen.
What to do when Cartier Bresson shouts as you shoot, “Get out of my way, Be Gone!” and hits you on the head? I’d be frantic and play dead.
And when you ask Annie to sit in a chair and suddenly your camera is flying midair, because La Leibovitz has thrown a fit, I’d quit in despair.
But not Frajndlich. The Cleveland Kid is very brave and has a trick or two up his sleeve. Anyone who can turn a lemon into Jack Lemonade is a foto alchemist. The rumors of Abe’s humor are true. He has the light touch of a jewel thief who can steal your face sans grief. He sees what others only notice, and in a flash ALACAZAM, it’s thank you ma’am.
How does he do it?
Frajndlich mesmerizes with chit-chat
Distracts with catty gossip.
Slips them martinis,
Then stuffs them with blinis.
He shoots away until they say,
“Uncle!” Are we through already?
Can I go now?
The Cleveland Kid is haute couture not prêt-à-porter. Each portrait is not so much a reproduction of the sitter’s face, but rather an expression of the subject vis-a-vis his poetry. Insight is Abe’s secret. Understanding, rather than mere observation, is what defines him as a photographer. To be Frajndlichized is to be immortalized.
And that is all I have to say.
— Duane Michals
photo and text from lalettre
![Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, 1998 by Duane Michals * [also here & here]
billyjane:
Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, 1998 by Duane Michals * [also here & here]from MutualArt](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llckm0mcT91qztk1wo1_500.jpg)
Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, 1998 by Duane Michals * [also here & here]
Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, 1998 by Duane Michals * [also here & here]
from MutualArt
Joseph Cornell holding an Untitled Bottle Object, ca 1969 -by Duane Michals
“Joseph Cornell holding an Untitled Bottle Object” (photographer: Duane Michals, c. 1969) (via Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema)
(via luzfosca)
Duane Michals…
A great deal of time is spent on the final print, and I don’t particularly like to print. I find my influences coming from painters rather than other photographers. I like Balthus, DeChirico, Delvaux and Magritte very much. The one photographer that has most moved me has been Atget.
- Duane Michals, in Album (No.7, Aug. 1970), Bill Jay Ed.
Duane Michals directing a photo-sequence, 1973 -by Bill Jay
via Bill Jay
