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“To me, abstract photography is about creating a mood or evoking a feeling, eschewing a representational interpretation of an object or place, and finding the spectacular hidden in the mundane. I'm inspired by reflection, light, pattern, depth, luminosity and color saturation.
“My travel photography is inspired by the travel postcards of my youth, which were imbued with an abundance of color, sharp details, and an almost surreal quality.”
Michael McDonald is a hobbyist travel and abstract photographer. He is originally from Portland, Oregon, and after many years on California’s Mendocino Coast, is now living in Sonoma County.
He entered his first juried exhibition in 2015, with his photograph, “Ghost Slinky,” receiving an Honorable Mention Award in the New York Center for Photographic Art’s “Wandering Curves” online exhibition. Since then he has shown both abstract and travel photography in juried exhibitions in San Diego, Los Angeles, Roseville, and San Francisco, CA; Louisiana; and North Carolina; as well as online. His work is in both private and corporate collections, and has been published in The Emerald Magazine, Western Art & Architecture, Open Exchange, Mendocino Arts, and Mendocino Travelers Guide, among other publications.
Michael is a communications professional, specializing in marketing, advertising and public relations for non-profit organizations.
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