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Michael Flomen (born 1952) is a self-taught Canadian artist who primarily creates photograms, or cameraless photographs in collaboration with nature. Flomen began taking photographs in the late 1960s, and since 1972 his work has been exhibited internationally.〔Flomen, Michael. "CV-BIO": http://www.michael-flomen.squarespace.com/cv-bio/〕 Snow, water, firefly light, wind, sand, sediment, shorelines and other natural phenomena make up the elements used to create his photograms.〔Grande, John K., "A Revolving Landscape" in ''Eco-Art'' (catalogue) (Pori, Finland: Pori Museum of Art, 2011) p. 141.〕 ==Biography== Michael Flomen was born in Montreal, Quebec to his father, Eddy Flomen, who worked in the natural sausage casing business and his mother, Dorothy Flomen (née Gendreau). Flomen had a workshop in his youth where he built flying model airplanes and eventually underwater camera housings for his film equipment. Flomen inherited his film and photography equipment from his father Eddy who had aspirations to work as a photographer in the early 1940s. Eddy chose not to pursue photography after the passing of his own father and began to work in the sausage casing business in order to provide for his family. From 1969-1971 Flomen attended Darrow School located on the site of an historic Shaker village in the Taconic Mountains, west of the central Berkshires in New Lebanon, New York.〔Keaton, Valerie Jodoin, "A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF MICHAEL FLOMEN", film, 2014 (unofficial demo version): http://www.valeriejodoinkeaton.com/#!michael-flomen/c594〕 Flomen began to take photographs in his teenage years in 1967-68 capturing images of his family and everyday surroundings. In 1969-1971 during his time at Darrow School he created a series on his surroundings in the Shaker-built community. In 1971 at the age of 19, Flomen traveled to Europe and decided during his trip that he would pursue photography once he returned to Canada. Flomen originally planned to study Marine Biology at the University of Miami, but he still retained an active interest in science and the natural world.〔Keaton, Valerie Jodoin, "A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF MICHAEL FLOMEN", film, 2014 (unofficial demo version): http://www.valeriejodoinkeaton.com/#!michael-flomen/c594〕 In 1972, Flomen was introduced to William (Bill) Ewing, the owner-director of les Galeries photographiques du Centaur, (known as Optica after 1974) in Montreal.〔Loren Lerner and Mary F. Williamson, ''Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991) 126.〕 In these early years Flomen started to work as a darkroom printer and collaborator for many artists, including Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), Lynne Cohen (1944-2014), and Adam Fuss (b. 1961). At Centaur, Flomen was exposed to books on the art of photography that inspired his passion. He wanted to be a part of the 20th century movement to elevate photography's status to that of a fine art. Flomen's meeting with Ewing led to his first solo exhibition ''Shaker Light'' in 1972 at Centaur which featured his photographs he took of Shaker architecture at the site of the Mount Lebanon Shaker community. His career in printing and photography advanced from there.〔Flomen, Michael. "CV-BIO": http://www.michael-flomen.squarespace.com/cv-bio/〕 Ewing soon introduced Flomen to his future mentor, the filmmaker-photographer Guy Borremans who later rented his Plateau apartment equipped with a darkroom to Flomen. Around this time, Borremans introduced him to Vittorio Fiorucci, an internationally known graphic designer and longtime friend who had a major, lasting influence on Flomen. In the early 1970s, Flomen began to work as a commercial photographer while making street photographs.〔Keaton, Valerie Jodoin, "A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF MICHAEL FLOMEN", film, 2014 (unofficial demo version): http://www.valeriejodoinkeaton.com/#!michael-flomen/c594〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Flomen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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