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Michael James O’Brien
Still-life, Portfolio. A set of 8 Limited edition color photographs

2000-2014

About the Item

Still Life Photographs, 2000-2014 by Michael James O’Brien Portfolio of 8 photographs Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art photo rag paper Dimension for each print is 22 in. H x 17 in. W (The overall size composition of the entire portfolio is: 44 in. H x 68 in. W) Limited Edition of 12 + 2AP All these portraits were made on tri-x BW film with a Pentax 6 x 7 photographed in Natural Light. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality 1. Still Life with a Red Tassel, NYC, n.d. 2. Still Life with a Garlic Bulb and a Water Glass, n.d. 3. Still Life with Leigh Bowery’s Butterfly, Paris, 2003 (For Mr. Pearl) 4. Still Life with a Metal Torso, Paris, 2003 (For Marion de Beaupre) 5. Still Life with a White Feather), Paris, 2003 (For Dita von Teese) 6. Still Life with a Long Feather, Paris, 2007 7. Still Life with an Orchid, a Green Apple and a Plaster Unicorn, London, 2014 8. Still Life with a Silver Mask, Paris, n.d. _________________ Michael James O’Brien is a photographer, teacher, curator, poet, and activist currently based in Atlanta, GA. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, Antwerp, Istanbul, Liverpool, and Savannah GA. in addition to having worked in London’s National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection. His work has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Vogue UK, The New Yorker, GQ, Eyemazing, Black & White Photography UK, The Guardian, The Financial Times among many others. He has been Editor-at-Large of Verbal Abuse, the poetry zine as well as Contributing Editor for Departures Magazine. His book Girlfriend; Men, Women, and Drag, with text by Holly Brubach, was published by Random House in English, French & Japanese in 2000. From 1900 to 2000 he did all the still photography for Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 7 as well as Cremaster 1,2,4 & 5 which were exhibited worldwide. For over 20 years, O’Brien was a member of ACTUP as well as a volunteer for GMHC and Terrence Higgins Trust UK. He was a co-producer of the Love Ball in NYC & Paris, which over the years raised more than $3million for people living with HIV/AIDS. He was the Creative Director for DAA/Designers Against Aids in 2011-12 and produced the Live Positive Campaign for the Flemish HIV Awareness organization, SENSOA in 2013. O’Brien is based in Atlanta where he is the Chair of Photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design/SCAD. He is currently the Chair of the Advisory Council of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
  • Creator:
    Michael James O’Brien (1970, Georgian)
  • Creation Year:
    2000-2014
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 68 in (172.72 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Miami Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU45338464762
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