“It’s like
going on a great first date . . . the anticipation, the excitement, the
spontaneity. Everything is new, and you want to capture it all. That’s
how it feels to me when I’m shooting,” explains Michael.
Michael
has been photographing for over 20 years, using the camera to narrate his
vision of the people and the world around him. As a lieutenant
Firefighter/EMT he experienced babies taking their first breaths in his arms
as well others taking their last.
When he
left the fire services to pursue photography, he found that he prefers to
celebrate life in his images. Whether for himself or a client, he
captures the beauty, the grace, the sensuality, the serenity, the joy and
the humor in the faces and places he encounters.
Exhibitions
Slow
Exposures 2004, Strickland Building, Concord, Georgia. Juried by Corinne
Adams, Lucinda Weil Bunnen and Susan Todd-Raque. Honorable Mention for
“After the Rain”
Party Your
Arts Off, 1996 Re:Sources for Photography studios, Atlanta, Georgia. Two
person show with the sculpture of Ode Droit.
Before the Curtain 1995, Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
Sponsored by the Kodak Corporation. Solo exhibition.
Commissions
First
Moravian Church of Georgia, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Mr. &
Mrs. Roy Cranman, Atlanta, Georgia
Ms.
Deborah Toland, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. &
Mrs. Gibb Carr, Johnson City, Tennessee
Mr. &
Mrs. Bill Shelton, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr.
David Shelton, Baltimore, Maryland
Private
Collections
Ms.
Caroline Kresky, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr.
James H. Drummond, Duluth, Georgia
Mr.
& Mrs. Edward Brown, Orlando, Florida
Mr.
& Mrs. Andrew B. Varner, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC
Ms.
Marjorie Bush, Norcross, Georgia
Mr.
& Mrs. Aubrey Fulton, Meridian, Mississippi
Ms.
Virginia Sanford, Oxford, Georgia
Mr. &
Mrs. B. Evans, Georgia
Mr. &
Mrs. Roy Swindal, Birmingham, Alabama
Ms. Susie
Grimley, Decatur, Georgia
Bibliography
Mary
E. Alderman, “Michael Nelson” artist profile and cover story, American
Muse Magazine Spring 2001
Jeannie Moss, Artists using the Polaroid 20x24 Camera, CNN feature story
with Michael, New York City, NY 1996
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