Michael Kirchoff Email & Phone Number

Michael Kirchoff works in the worlds of both commercial and fine art photography. A commercial shooter for thirty years, it is his fine art work that has set him apart from others, with instant film and toy camera images fueling several bodies of work. His consulting, training and overall support of his fellow photographic artist continues with assistance in constructing one's vision, reviewing portfolios, and finding exhibition opportunities, which fill the gaps in time away from active shooting. Michael is also an independent curator and juror and advocate for the photographic arts. He has been a juror for Photolucida’s Critical Mass and has reviewed portfolios for the Los Angeles Center of Photography’s Exposure Reviews, CENTER’s Review Santa Fe, and PhotoNOLA. Michael has been a contributing writer for Lenscratch, Light Leaked, and Don’t Take Pictures magazine. In addition, he spent ten years (2006-2016) on the Board of the American Photographic Artists in Los Angeles (APA/LA), producing artist lectures, as well as business and inspirational events for the community. Currently, he is also Editor-in-Chief at Analog Forever Magazine, Founding Editor for the photographer interview website, Catalyst: Interviews, and a Contributing Editor for the column, 'Traverse', at One Twelve Publishing. Previously, Michael spent over four years as Editor at BLUR magazine.Michael’s fine art imagery has garnered recognition from the IPA Awards, PX3, Photographers Forum, and Critical Mass. His photographs have been published in L'Oeil de la Photographie, B&W (U.S.), Black & White (U.K.), Seities, Esquire, BLUR, Harpers, Adore Noir, Fraction, Shots, Diffusion Annual, and Lenscratch, among others. Michael also continues to exhibit his work domestically and internationally, with more than a dozen solo exhibitions, and over sixty group exhibitions to date, with prints in both public and private collections.

Oversee daily operations of online content. Contribute and edit monthly features and interviews. Curate online exhibitions. Edit and curate content for online and bi-annual print publication."Our mission is simple: we want to provide a global audience to photographers who use analog processes and techniques for their photographic work by giving them a voice via a biannual print photography journal, online features and interviews, monthly online exhibitions, and a community calendar. Our goal is to highlight the best of the best from the analog industry including: artists, projects, galleries and curators."

Interviews on the creative process, from photographers with vision, expertise, and knowledge to share and inspire.Catalyst: Interviews are from photographic creatives that support knowledge and community, and provide vision and inspiration in their pursuits. Contained here are the thoughts, ideas, and the efforts of those who have excelled in their medium. They are starting points and roads to travel, in search of your own process and goals.Catalyst: Interviews is born out of my own thirst for knowledge, as well as a deep curiosity for the creative process. Using the word catalyst simply denotes the fact that at a point in our creative lives there was a spark, an instance of passion for the medium that started us down a path to image making. How others create their work and projects is something I’ve always appreciated and learned from. In addition, I can recall giving interviews for blogs and publications in the past, and realizing that as I was doing them, I was also learning about myself and becoming even more connected to what I was doing as a photographic artist. Questions about our work, our process, or ourselves are often triggers to a deeper understanding of what we do. This site is my concept for housing this knowledge as a way for others to learn from.

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For my online column, 'Traverse':A column that discovers, investigates, and highlights fine art photographic work from an international forum of creatives."Within this column, I strive to look at photographs and processes that reside outside of the familiar American bubble that we see more often than not. The aim is in examining not simply our similarities and differences, but also the common thread of making photographs in our shared process and goals." Michael is also a Contributing Editor for the Poignant Portfolios project at One Twelve.

A podcast where Blue Mitchell and Michael Kirchoff chat with artists, curators, and writers working in the field of fine art photography. More specifically, these tapes are conversations with people that we’ve befriended on our journey with those we admire and respect, and we’re inviting you into the conversation.

Conducting artist interviews and curating fine art photography from emerging and mid career photographic artists worldwide.BLUR magazine is an international e-magazine founded in 2007 with the mission to promote creative photography worldwide. It represents a meeting place for photographers, both prominent professionals and talented amateurs yet to be discovered, and photography lovers from around 190 countries.

American Photographic Artists/Los AngelesDuties include: Producing artist lectures, as well as business and inspirational events for the professional photographic community.APA Mission Statement: APA's mission is Successful Photographers. Our goal is to establish, endorse, and promote professional practices, standards, and ethics in the photographic and advertising community. We seek to mentor, motivate, educate, and inspire in the pursuit of excellence. Our aim is to champion and speak as one common voice for photographers and imagemakers to the advertising industry in the United States and the World.

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