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Michael Levin

Informations de fond sur Michael Levin

Introduction

BEING THERE / LA CAMÉRA OBSERVE

Les photographies de paysages de Michael Levin dégagent une aura magique. Dans les images on ressent un profond silence dans chaque moindre détail. Cette impression est obtenue par le photographe grâce à de longs temps de pose. Ces objets statiques comme les passerelles, les ponts, les pilots aux contours précis se détachent de l’environnement en perpétuel mouvement. Les traces de toute civilisation humaine sont en contraste avec la nature changeante, qui semble être en train de passer à un nouvel état.

Ce qui bouge est réduit à une seule forme que ce soit les nuages, l’eau, les oiseaux de mer ou même un pêcheur dans son œuvre « Zebrato » (2005) réalisé sur la Côté Amalfitaine. Il s’agit d’un juste milieu entre l’allongement des corps et des phénomènes naturels pendant un temps de pose donné. Ainsi, dans ses compositions uniques, le photographe  tisse un lien évident entre l’espace et le temps. Les oiseaux de mer (Seven Birds, 2004) illustrent parfaitement ces temps de pose en devenant des formes abstraites à l’horizon, oiseaux qui semblent investis d’une vie autonome.

L’œil n’est jamais rassasié aux vues de ces mondes fantastiques, qui transmettent cette impression d’être physiquement dans un espace sublime, dans lesquels les lois de la nature semblent être abrogées. Ce rayonnement très à part de ces mises en scène magistrales dans un dégradé de tons de gris a également convaincu l’œil du collectionneur.

David Gärtner

Distinctions

2009PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, Fine Art Photographer of the Year
 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place abstract category
PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2nd place book category (Zebrato)
PDN Photo Annual, New York, USA, top photography books of 2009 (Zebrato)
Shots Magazine, USA, Award winning photograph, Sunrise (East Sea)
International Photography Awards 1st place in the Fine Art Category (Abstract)
International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category (Other)
International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Nature Category (Book)
2008Top 50 Photographers, Critical Mass Award
2007PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, Fine Art Photographer of the Year
PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category
Honourable Mention at the Environmental Photography Awards
Photographer’s Forum Magazine short listed for the 2007 Photographer of the Year  
2006International Photo Awards Nature Photographer of the Year, Finalist for Photographer of the Year
International Photo Awards 1st & 2nd in the Professional Waterscapes Category
Gold Light Award, 1st place
Black & White Spider Awards  6 nominations for “Fine Art Photographer” of the Year in Landscape and Architecture categories
Overall winner in “Seascapes” Photolife Magazine
LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts 1st Place overall International
2005International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category
International Photography Awards, USA, Honorable Mention in the Landscape category
B&W Photography Annual Single Image Contest, USA, Merit Award
Nocturnes Photography Award, USA, Honorable Mention

Publications

CBC Radio NXNW Programm, interview avec Sheryl Mackay, 10/2009
Photolife Magazine, Zebrato compte-rendu, 10-11/2009
Dave Brindle Talk 1410 Radio Show, interview, 10/2009
PDN Photo Annual, Zebrato book award, 06/2009
Silvershotz Magazine, 12 pages, interviews & images, 04/2009
Dave Brindle Talk 1410 Radio Show, interview, 08/2009
IMAGE Magazine, photo de couverture, UK, 03-04/2009
Shots magazine, ed. 46, USA,  2009
AG Magazine, Zebrato compte-rendu, UK, 05/2009
Red Dog Journal, Zebrato compte-rendu,  03/2009
B&W magazine, USA, Portfolio Spotlight, 12/2009
Publishers Weekly, UK, Zebrato compte-rendu, 07/2009
CBC Radio interview, 12/2008
Die Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, Mayence, 11/2008
Applied Arts Photography Annual, award winning “portfolio” selected, 2008
Black & White Photography, 12/2008, photo de couverture & article (9 pages)
The World’s Greatest Black & White Photography Volume I, 2008
Mainzer Kultur, critique, 2007
Photographer’s Companion Magazine, USA, 2007
Photographer’s Companion Magazine, Chine 2007
Applied Arts Photography Annual, award winning “portfolio” selected, 2007
The World’s Greatest B&W Photographs Book, 2007
Photo Selection Magazine, photo de couverture & interview, 04-05/2007
Showcase TV’s “The L Word”, saison 2007
Cityline Television show, 03/2006, Toronto
Focus Fine Art Magazine, 08/2006
Collections Magazine, Toronto, automne 2005
Subterrain Magazine, 09/2005
Gordon J. Scillingford Publications, photo de couverture, 2005
MBWA, photo de couverture, 2005
Aesthetica Magazine, 03/2005,
Vancouver Sun, photographie & critique, 2005
PhotoEd photography, essai & images, 2005
B&W Photography Magazine, 2005
Collections Magazine, interview & images, 2005
Lucie Awards Book, 6 images, 2005
Esthetica magazine, UK, 2004
Schillingford Publications, photo de couverture & verso, 2004
Manitoba Book Publishers, photo de couverture & verso, 2004

Expositions

2010New Photographs from Japan, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, USA
 New Photographic Works, Weiss Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2009Elemental, Weiss Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Evidence, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Evidence, Thornwood Gallery, Dallas, USA
2008New Works, Watermark Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Untitled, Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Untitled, Galerie Art Mayence, Mayence, Allemagne
Elemental, New Work, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
2007Luminance, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
Bewegung und Stille, Galerie Art Mayence, Mayence, Allemagne
Taizen, photographs from Japan Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, USA
2006REVEAL, Watermarks Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Of Movement and Stillness, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
Reveal, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA
Frozen in Time, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
The Shape of Light, Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Reveal, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
Two person show, Art Mayence, Mayence, Allemagne
2005Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
The shape of Light, Snap Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004No.4 Gallery San Diego, California, USA
2009Summer Show, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
 Spring Show, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2008Traverse, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
New Works, Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Emerging Artist Show, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, USA
Versus, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, Marca Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Deck the Walls, Alma Gallery, Guelph, Canada
2007Here & Now, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
PX3 Awards show, Gallery 13Sévigné, Paris, France
Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Best of IPA’s, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Toronto International Art Fair, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2006Perception, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Best of IPA’s show, Splashlight Studio, New York City, USA
Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Feature wall at the Photo San Francisco Exhibition
Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
2005Galerie Art Mayence, Mayence, Allemagne
Viewpoint, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Artsweek, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2004Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Snap Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
No.4 Gallery, San Diego, USA
Contact 2004, Move Up, Toronto, Canada