Each letter was comprised of intricately assembled hand poured plaster The first was in 2012 with a 20’ x 60’ x 4’ sculpture spelling out the The Andy Warhol Visual Arts Foundation to create, “PHOTOHOUSE” for SF Camerawork.įor Burning Man, Michael Garlington has been selected as part of their HonorariumĬollection three times. In 2010, Garlington was sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts and Similar to the sculptures he creates for his photos, Garlington has moved towardsĬreating longer lasting sculptures and art installations which can be experienced by Work was the target of an art heist in Connecticut. Whale.” He has been exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. In 2005 aĬollection of his portraiture was published under the title, “Portraits from the Belly of the Since 2004, Garlington has been featured in PhotoNY, PhotoLA, and PhotoSF.

US he thrives on capturing his version of the Americana. Initiated interactions with those they encountered along the way. He and artists of various backgrounds traveled in a car covered with his photos. In 2000, at the age of 23, Garlington embarked on PhotoCar across the US and Europe. Spectrum of human emotion and experience. His work captures luminous, yet often stark imagery encompassing the By buildingīackdrops and sculptural elements to photograph he created what he calls photosculptures. Garlington embarked on his own artistic mission, photographing the world around him,īut more interestingly creating new worlds for his portraits to exist in. This exposure informed his composition and developed his dark room talent. Photographers in the Bay Area at the time were clientele of Spindle Photographic and Mastered his skills at black and white film development and printing. Working at Spindler Photographic was a turning point in Michael’s life. At 17, he began working with his mother and stepįather at their photographic lab in San Francisco, Spindler Photographic. Raised in Petaluma, California, he was influenced early onīy the mix of hippies, poultry and dairy farmers, metal fabricators, bleeding hearts,Īrtists and transients surrounding him. Michael Garlington is a photographer, master printer and sculptor.

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