(McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1932 - )
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
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.