William DeMichele (Late)

Out of all works I have seen Williams work fascinates me the most.  He has over the years gone around to tattoo conventions photographing women who are tattooed.  The way he photographs his subjects reminds me alot of how I photograph mine almost.  Using a black background and having subjects shot in color.  I choose him for my work due to the fact of how our works are similar visually.
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William DeMichele is a photographer that over the past 12 years has been going around to tattoo conventions and photographing Woman (sometimes men) that are tattooed in his studio.  In 1992 he published book called "The Illustrated Woman."  I would love to go around to conventions everywhere to photograph more subjects in the tattoo culture.  According to this site http://www.linkedin.com/in/demichele it says "Have attended over 250 tattoo conventions throughout the US, Canada,Mexico, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Borneo and Russia and presently have the largest photographic collection of tattooed people with over 4,000 sittings." He has been in several magazines, exhibitions and museums with his work.  He got his bachelors in 1980 from The College of Saint Rose. He still today photographs subjects at tattoo conventions with his location equipment.
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"Clients would say, the ability to travel to any location, set-up a professional studio space and the ability to relax an "amateur" subject to get professional results."-
http://www.linkedin.com/in/demichele

"The Illustrated Woman may open your eyes to the whole other view of body art and the women who display it.  Some of he women photographed here have one or two simple tattoos while others are doctors or executives.  However, all have chosen to adorn their bodies with images meaningful to themselves as expressions of who they are. " - G.P. From page 181 of http://books.google.com/books?id=cqcHR7byikAC&pg=PA181&dq=William+DeMichele+%2B+biography&hl=en&ei=FZPQTNmWGsL_lge5zNyRBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
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http://www.demichelephoto.com/
http://www.myspace.com/demichele
http://www.linkedin.com/in/demichele
http://www.proteuspress.com/
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