Decagon Gallery
MICHAEL HANNA
Documentary & Conceptual Photography
"My project entails conceptual still life and documentary photography as well as filmmaking in order to express a deep sense of mindfulness through focus on texture and raw imagery devoid of any digital alterations or enhancements.
"As a documentary and conceptual photographer, I wish to provide the audience with an experience of a raw image, which is why there is no Photoshop used and no digital enhancements or alterations in any of my photography.
"Typically, I take photographs of aquariums, wine glasses with sea glass / crushed glass along satin fabric, and the Jersey shoreline. These aquatic themes reflect a state of naturality as well as an experience of mindfulness focusing on the detail and sfumato atmospheres of various textures. The photographs range from fantastical to ethereal, revealing realms which are either captured or constructed having us on ponder upon the philosophical purpose of contemporary identity."
- MH
Documentary & Conceptual Photography