Michael Joseph is a street portrait and documentary photographer. Raised just outside of New York City, his inspirations are drawn from interactions with strangers on city streets and aims to afford his audience the same experience through his photographs. His portraits are made on the street, unplanned and up close to allow the viewer to explore the immediate and unseen.
Michael has been exhibited nationally, with solo shows at Daniel Cooney Fine Art (New York, NY) and the Soho Photo Gallery (New York, NY). Group exhibitions include the notable Aperture Gallery (New York, NY), the Getty Images Gallery (London, UK) and the Center for Fine Art Photography (For Collins, CO). He has lectured at the International Center of Photography (New York, NY), and the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, Georgia). His portraits are held in the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana and private collections.
With the rough-and-tumble beauty (and unexpected joy) of a flea market find, the bodies and faces of these hitchhikers offer us a visual storybook of their intense, unique lives. Not only are these nomads interesting in their own right—they also represent a wonderful family of strangers, a tightly knit group forged by the bonds of travel.
