Allan Michael [photos for sale]'s photostream

AM: I fell in love with photography in 1978, when for the first time I saw the images I had shot earlier in Central Park, NYC, come alive in the darkroom. From then on I felt a new excitement and composure that thrilled me as I used my eyes to see meaning in the world around me. This passion for photography grew when in 1981, I was so fortunate to study in the Honoring Eye class, taught at Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City, by the American photographer Nancy Starrels. In this class I learned this principle of Aesthetic Realism, stated by its founder, poet and critic, Eli Siegel; “The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.” Learning this changed my life as artist and person.

I continue today the study of art and photography in the important monthly “Critical Inquiry” Workshop, taught by noted painter and art critic, Dorothy Koppelman, at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in NYC (www.aestheticrealism.org).