Michelle Bates
meesh@scn.org

a portfolio of 6 images

Over the past few years, I have seen Michelle's photography in a variety of different venues. Her printing style lends a crusty organic mood to her images, which are generally made with a cheap plastic camera, the Holga. If you are already familiar with the sultry wiles of Holga and Diana you likely know that there is a bit of a photographic subculture afoot. These cheap cameras are championed by many excellent photographers and along with their low-tech brethren of the pinhole contingent, these intellectual renovators have moved the popular medium another step once more towards pictorialism. "f64, My Ass!" was one of the original suggested rallying cries, but i digress... Michelle, who is one of the perennial names on that 'toy camera' circuit, has mostly come to my attention as a black and white photographer so it was nice to learn that she had some color work from an ongoing project, 'Celebration Art'.

In her own words, " These images and the events they capture celebrate community, art, and the magic that comes from joining them together!"

- G.S.

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