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Michael Fairchild Bio
Michael Fairchild grew up in Colombia and Brazil, where he acquired a love of travel and natural history. He has been a freelance photographer since 1970, after his graduation from Wesleyan University. Kodak, the Saturday Evening Post, Nikon, Time-Life Books, Audubon, Fortune, Travel and Leisure, Vanity Fair, the Sierra Club and National Geographic Books have published his photographs. He has also produced 15 audio visual productions used in schools, libraries, museums, and corporate events. He has recently completed a video about the Peruvian rain forest. Some of his Previous titles include "Eternal Egypt", “China's Ancient Silk Road,” "Vanishing African Eden," “Eternal India” and “Wonders of the Galapagos Islands.”
When at home in Huntington, Fairchild photographs weddings and does portraiture as well as public relations. He also teaches adults and children some of the mysteries of digital photography and Photoshop.
He has traveled the world photographing people, wildlife, nature and architecture, searching for fresh perspectives honed by years of observation and now aided by new digital photographic technology. Africa has always had a powerful magnetic effect on me, perhaps because we all came from this continent back in some distant, primordial era.
“Michael Fairchild’s images are beautiful and important because he has the eye of a poet and the mind of a storyteller and historian,” wrote his friend David Ramage. "He travels the world with the curiosity and openness of a child and yet the skill and discipline of a seasoned professional. His images evoke the freshness of things seen for the first time, whether he finds it in the intricate delicacy of a peacock’s tail feathers or the broad sweep of centuries at the Roman Forum. He illuminates the drama and grandeur in all that he documents, but he is also a storyteller and an historian who forces us to ask questions about the world that exists before and after the moment the photograph is realized. Who can look at the photo of the Hindu mother with her child. . .and not wonder about the lives they lead?”
Fairchild comments, "Often the choice is what not to take pictures of. Unlike conventional art that starts with a blank canvas, the photographer’s canvas is often overcrowded, filled with exciting but discordant elements that vie for attention. The photographer as artist must search for hidden harmonies, and powerful juxtapositions, while eliminating unwanted clutter. The process involves lots of searching and even more editing. The journey is as much fun as the destination. Capturing images to share is my life’s passion."
Website: http://www.michaelfairchild.com
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