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Address
560 West 200 South
Salt Lake City, UT
84101
US
Company Name
Michael Schoenfeld Studio
Company Type
Photography
Languages
English, marginal Swahili
Established In
1985
Born
Salt Lake City, Utah
michael@michaelschoenfeld.com
Website
http://www.michaelschoenfeld.com
Telephone
8015603305
Graphis ArchivesBiography/Work Experience
Professional photographer for 30 years.
Philosophy on Work
Intimacy is one of those essential, yet hard to quantify traits of being human. Rather late in my life I discovered it’s unconscious grip on every moment. The ultimate coin-toss of connection with others. Why did I chose to photograph people? Why did I chose to do it inches from their face, feeling their presence, mostly with strangers? And why was that ritual complete by some moment that I subconsciously knew I had arrived at? I think my childhood was primarily the answer; wonderful, emotionally detached, mid-century, American parents, doing their best, mostly on auto-pilot, teaching me to stay an arm’s length from my feelings. Takeaway for me?; no auto-pilot for me; ever, ever. So, here I am, usually approaching those wonderful strangers, and asking (sometimes in Swahili) “may I please take your picture?” It is in that moment I feel them; that I’ve somehow met them, and I’m satisfied. May I live to be a thousand.”
Professional Specialties
People, lifestyle
Graphis Appearances
Gold award winner Photography Annual 2018
Awards
PDN 2017, faces competition winner, APA 2018 "Off the Clock" winner
Graphis Awards
Gold award 2018 Photography Annual
Proudest Achievements
My beautiful children