Michael Trueblood is a freelance photographer living in New York City. He studied painting and printmaking at The University of Tulsa and Ohio University before moving to New York. He has worked as an educator, teaching Photoshop at Long Island University - Brooklyn from 1997 until 2014. He also worked as a post-production artist and digital printer for other photographers. In the 1990s, Michael started focusing on photo-based art and has shown in several exhibitions. One of his photographs from 911 was published in the book Here Is New York, and the archive from this book has been exhibited in both the United States and Europe. One image was Chosen for American Photography 39 and will be part of the AP39 web archive. Two images were Selected for American Photography 38 and were published in the AP38 book, and another picture was Selected for American Photography 37 and was published in the AP37 book. Another of his images was selected for the 2016 Lensculture Street Photography Awards Top 100. Three of his images were also Chosen for American Photography 30 and are part of the AP 2013 Web Archive. His work is informed by street photography, photojournalism, documentary and fine art photography. He has photographed in Paris, Istanbul, Jerusalem, The West Bank, Mexico, and several locations in The United States.
Publications
American Photography 38, Images from 2021
American Photography 37, Images from 2020
Everyday Encounters, Self-Published, 2018
Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs, Edited by Gilles Peress, Michael Shulan, Charles Traub, and Alice Rose George, (Scalo, 2002).
Honors
Chosen for American Photography 39 - included in the 2022 AP Web Archive.
Selected for American Photography 38 - included in the 2021 AP Web Archive and published in the AP38 book.
Selected for American Photography 37 - included in the 2020 AP Web Archive and published in the AP37 book..
Top 100 - 2016 Lensculture Street Photography Awards
Chosen for American Photography 30 - included in the 2013 AP Web Archive.
Exhibitions
2021
THE OTHER ART FAIR - BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, NY, Sasha Ali, Fair Manager
2017
EVERYDAY UTOPIAS, Baltimore, Maryland, Group Exhibition, Curated by Sheena Morrison
2013-2014
GROUP EXHIBITION with ABBAS from Workshop at MAGNUM PARIS, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, ICI Goutte D’or, Paris, France
2007-2008
HERE IS NEW YORK, Remembering 9/11, New York Historical Society, New York
2007
SNAP TO GRID, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles
2004
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Selena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2001-2002
HERE IS NEW YORK - A DEMOCRACY OF PHOTOGRAPHS, Prints from the archive were exhibited in several cities around the US and Europe including New York, Washington, Chicago, London, Berlin, and Paris
1998
OHIO INK - Group Exhibition, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
1989
HOMELAND: A PALESTINIAN QUEST, Goup Exhibition, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Yong Soon Min and Shirin Neshat
1986
GROUP EXHIBITION, Association of Williamsburg Artists, Brooklyn, NY
1984
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Siegfred Gallery, Athens, Ohio
1983
GROUP EXHIBITION, Siegfred Gallery, Athens, Ohio
1979
MIDWESTERN PRINT SHOW, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1978
GROUP EXHIBITION, Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1977
GROUP EXHIBITION, Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Workshops
Larry Towell and Stuart Smith, Magnum London, 2023
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, Brooklyn, NY, 2013/2014
David Alan Harvey, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
Abbas, Magnum Paris, 2013
Education
MFA Printmaking, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1984
MA Film Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1983
BFA Painting, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1978