Photo of the Day: Duane Michals Photography

by Duane Michals

from his photo book, The Adventures of Constantine Cavafy

The inscription at the bottom reads:

"He touched the words he had written to his face 

and felt their grace as in prayer."

Duane Michals returns to the poetry of twentieth-century Greek poet Constantine Cavafy for inspiration for his most recent work. Michals images loosely illustrate Cavafys poetry, while investigating themes of lost time, love discovered and remembered, and the sublime realm of the surreal. 'Please meet me in the circle of this conceit. These little fables of my imaginary theatrics repeat the mantras of Cavafy s desires and regrets: so old today, now gone away.' -Duane Michals (Amazon)

Michals is famous for his use of photo sequencing - telling a story through a sequence of photos. Here is an example: 

Narcissus

I highly recommend searching the Internet for more information and more photos by Duane Michals. He is an incredibly interesting, innovative, creative and fun photographer.