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Duane Michals

(McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1932 - )

Self Portrait With My Guardian Angel

1974

Gelatin silver print

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Museum Acquisition Fund

1978.41

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Michals uses photography not to represent reality but instead to picture the invisible, from an angel falling from grace to the dual sides of a single personality. He creates fictions by posing models in staged settings; by using in-camera manipulations such as multiple exposures; and, by adding written messages.

Keywords
Self portraits