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Michael Van Buskirk

As an art photographer and platinum printer, I explore all photographic media though pinhole and sub-miniature cameras hold particular fascination. The limitations of these cameras free the mind to explore the most direct relationship between the eye and the subject. 

I specialize in making platinum prints of my work from digital negatives. By combining technologies that span more than a century and handcrafting each individual print on fine heavyweight watercolor paper, I meld the most basic elements of art and science into a final aesthetic piece.

I have pursued photography for many decades, full-time since 2004, working from Gallery Obscura, my studio and gallery in Portland, Oregon.