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Back To Basic II
2008-02-12 22:16:00
Another series is back to basic. If you want to see "The Perfect Life - Pure", check it out here© all images Michael Werner
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Back To Basic
2008-02-10 12:06:00
I just updated my website with a new or better say the original version of my series "Germantales". Here I went back to basic, which means the photographs without any digital enhancements, just pure. This is how I feel after I thought a lot about my work and where I want to go with. Of course the Germantales-Remixed" is what I still like, but I'm not sure whether I want to have it as my main portfolio. I rather go for pure. You can check the new series out here© all images Michael Werner
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Mr. Chocolate
2008-01-31 20:42:00
Last Friday I did a course in French Chololaterie. It was pure fun and I really enjoyed it. I made delicious truffles flavored with portwine and fantastic Les Roches, roasted almonds with salt in dark chocolate. The surprise when you eat the little praline and they are sweet and salty at the same time is amazing. Others made chocolate with lavender or chili, petit fours and much more. It was great and after tasting so much chocolate I had enough for at least - ONE day!!!!!
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Winter in Germany
2008-01-27 12:46:00
Here are some images from the winter here in Germany . We only had snow for about three days this year.© Michael Werner for all images
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Jason Hanasik
2008-01-21 17:32:00
Jason Hanasik a great photographer who is currently pursuing his Master of Fine Arts at California College of the Arts in San Franzisco has a wonderful portfolio of portraiture on his website. Check it out here© Jason Hanasik, Jenny, 2003© Jason Hanasik, Leonard and James, 2005
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Harrington Street Portfolio
2008-01-10 18:00:00
Here are two images from the series "Harrington Street ". You can find the portfolio on my new website Michael Werner-Plus It is about a very special place in Sydney, to be more precise, a one room apartment on Harrington Street, Stanmore, Australia. Here started a new life, not only for me.The direct link to the portfolio is here© michael werner
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A New Baby Is Born
2008-01-06 17:32:00
Ta Dah Ta Dah Ta DahMichael Werner Plus is now online! On this new website you will find more of my works, to be precise, a selection of extra portfolios I have been working on in recent years and also new works which are better presented independent from the existing portfolios here.Check it out here
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Happy New Year
2008-01-03 14:29:00
Here is a little treasure from the 70's. Amanda Lear and her track I am a photograph. Enjoy it and have fun. Happy 2008
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Christmas market- Frankfurt
2007-12-21 18:09:00
Here are some impressions of the Christmas market in Frankfurt . It's an old tradition here in Germany to have Christmas market s during the advents time even in the smallest villages. You can drink hot spicy wine called Gluehwein, eat delicious food, mostly sausages, buy Christmas decoration and spend a nice time under the tree.
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Anniversary Show-Opening
2007-12-09 14:21:00
Today was the opening of a group show I am in. It's the anniversary exhibition of an artist run gallery in Hanau, about 20 min. from Frankfurt. There was an "angel" from Australia who played the violin and two performance artists who did a performance. After all the speeches they had a huge buffet with local delicacies. The opening was totally crowded so that you could hardly move. But it was very nice. Here are some impressions.
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News from Mirages
2007-11-21 21:30:00
Here are some new works from my series "The Mirages"©Michael Werner
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Zoe Strauss
2007-11-17 21:38:00
©Zoe StraussThe fantastic Zoe Strauss received a United States Artists Fellowship. CONGRATULATIONS Zoe, you really deserved it! You and your work are incredible! The Grants Program:United States Artists (USA) exists to nurture, support, and strengthen the work of America’s finest living artists. Through our grants program, we support a diverse array of visual, literary, performing, design, media, and crafts and traditional artists.The first three years of the USA Fellows program will be considered a pilot phase. During that time, USA will distribute 150 unrestricted fellowship grants of $50,000 each to artists across the United States.The program supports artists in all career stages, including emerging and mid-career artists, as well as individuals who have achieved master artist status. The fellowships will be awarded across a broad array of disciplines:Architecture and DesignCrafts and Traditional ArtsDanceLiterature (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry)Media (film, media, and ra...

Hasselblad Award 2007: Nan Goldin
2007-11-15 20:31:00
Nan and Brian in bed, NYC, 1983 ©Nan Goldi nNan Goldin is the Hass elblad Award Winner 2007! The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in PhotographyThe Hasselblad award is an international photography award, made for the first time in 1980. It has been presented annually since then, with the exception with the year of Erna Hasselblad?s death, 1983.The Hasselblad award is the most important prize in photography in the world today, and the award ceremony has become a international event of unique prestige, with award winners of great international renown.The Foundation's citation:Nan Goldin is one of the most significant photographers of our time. She has been documenting her own life and that of her friends ? her extended family ? for more than 30 years, focusing on the urban scene in New York and Europe in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, marked so dramatically by HIV and AIDS. Her work, while based on the direct esthetics of snapshot photography, presents her personal life as work of ar...
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G'Day Sydney
2007-11-14 22:39:00
My partner Bruce is at the moment in Sydney , visiting his parents. Unfortunately it's not a holiday. His father is suffering on Parkinson and he had to go to a nursing home because his disease got worse and worse and Bruce's mother was not able to do the care any longer since he really needs care and help 24/7. On the 8th of December he turns also 80, so this makes the trip even more important. I wish I could have gone to my second home Australia too, but it simply was not possible this time, because of the cost of the flight. I love to be in Australia, we spent in 2005 4 months in Sydney and further north in Forster where Bruce's parents live. It is a beautiful little town at the coast, with dream beaches and the lifestyle of a surfers paradise. The images are from Australia, mostly from Sydney, and here from a neighborhood called Newtown, a beautiful place with lots of young people and many, many restaurants, bars and trendy shops.

Night of 1000 Drawings
2007-11-02 21:59:00
Here is another big event you can be part of. It's "The Night of 1000 Drawings " at Artists Space New York . Every December they have a big benefit auction in their space and it is always a big success and very popular.The deadline this year is December 7th, 5 p.m.The event is on December 13th at Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, 3rd FloorNew York, NY 10013The direct link is here
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Night of the Witches
2007-10-31 13:37:00
Yesterday I got a message from Ian and Star from Shotgun Space that I am included in their Halloween Group Show "Night of the Witches "I was really happy and excited about it. Some cool photographers and blog friends are also in it, like Liz Kuball, Shawn Gust and Greg WasserstromI found out about it through Liz and would like to thank her for passing by the information. So, if you are in Los Angeles and want to see great photographs and enjoy a fantastic Halloween party, Try to go and have fun.Night of the WitchesWednesday, October 31, 8?11 p.m.Shotgun Space2121 San Fernando Rd., Los Angeles
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Wooloo has chosen me, YEAH!!!
2007-10-26 21:02:00
Today I received a message that Wooloo has chosen my works to be presented as part of the New Life Visuals File in the gallery New Life Shop New life Shop is run by Wooloo Productions and is located in the heart of Berlin . The presentation of my work will take the form of a large format, digital slide show and will run throughout 2007, as well as in between exhibitions in 2008.I'm quite excited about it.
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Masters Mystery Art Show
2007-10-25 17:19:00
The season for the benefit exhibitions has started. Here is another benefit I am participating meanwhile for the third time. It's the Masters Myst ery Art Show in Miami Beach. The Masters Mystery Art Show (MMAS) is now ready to launch its fourth year as one of the most interesting and successful events of the Miami Art Season. The Masters? Mystery Art Show is a high-profile benefit that will take place concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach 2007 in early December. Its purpose is to contribute to the further development of the Florida International University Master in Fine Arts program. All proceeds will go to the Masters? program for scholarships, visiting artists, exhibitions and other projects. The MMAS is already supported by such important sponsors as Lionstone Development, The Ritz Carlton Miami Beach and The Miami Herald, with key galleries, media and artists committed to its success through a high-visibility publicity campaign. We would like to invite you to participate in ...
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Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2007-10-18 22:09:00
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge is an annual benefit exhibition and sale. This year the event will take place at the James Cohan Gallery in New York.This is what they write about the event: Since 1998, Visual AIDS has produced the annual Postcards From the Edge benefit, a show and sale of original, postcard-sized works on paper by established and emerging artists. Recognized as one of the most exciting and affordable ways to build a collection of internationally renowned as well as emerging artists, all works are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The works are signed on the back and exhibited so the artists' signatures cannot be seen. While buyers receive a list of all participating artists, they don't know who created which piece until purchased. Collectors may pick a piece by their favorite, famous artist or a work by someone they don't know yet. Their purchase of original works of art supports the important work of Visual AIDS.The deadline for this year is November...
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More Germantales
2007-10-08 22:29:00
After another trip to the beautiful Rhine Valley, here are some of the new images. Of course the little Poodle has another drink from the magical river. He loves to drink from everything else but not from his own bowl, maybe this can lead to a series of its own.
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Deborah Hamon
2007-09-29 20:30:00
Deborah Hamon's show "American Girl" opens at domogallery in Summit, New Jersey, October 2 until November 3 with an opening reception Friday, October 5, 7-9 pm.For those in or visiting NY it is a short 30 minute train ride from Manhattan!Check out Deborah's cool work here Deborah also just started with a blog, you can find it here©Deborah Hamon, American Girl, 2007
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Jan Harrison
2007-09-11 17:33:00
I would like to call your attention to the work of Jan Harris on. She is a wonderful artist and friend. Her work is absolutely beautiful and touching in many ways. She just updated her web-site and added also two videos of her art and performance. You can see her paintings, sculptures, drawings and much more hereJan is also part of the Sparky and Nelson ProjectCat With Raw Nose2006beeswax, damar resin and encaustic6.25 x 6 x 8 inches©Jan Harrison
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New Portfolio on Michael-Werner.Com
2007-09-04 18:43:00
I updated my web-site with a new portfolio of some images of the new series "Germantales" you can check it out hereThe two images here are some of the ones I took three weeks ago.
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Germantales :: New(s)
2007-08-18 22:59:00
Here are some new images from Germantales. They are from my trip at the start of August to the famous Rhine Valley.© all images Michael Werner
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The Sparky Project
2007-08-05 13:12:00
Nelson Santos, artist in New York and assistant director of Visual AIDS has a wonderful project with his dog Spar ky and himself. This is what he writes about it: The Sparky Project is an art collaboration between Nelson Santos, his dog Sparky and various artists. The aim of The Sparky Project is to collect 101 portraits of Sparky and/or Nelson and Sparky. Participating artists become Lifetime Members of the Sparky Fan Club and their artwork becomes part of the permanent collection of the Sparky Museum. Many great artists are already part of the project, one of them is Richard Renaldi and this is his contribution:© Richard RenaldiNelson is looking for artists who are interested in this project. This is his call to artists:Sparky and Nelson are looking for artists to participate in The Sparky Project. To participate, the artist is asked to create an artwork involving Sparky and/or Nelson and Sparky. Artwork is open to all mediums; photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, video, etc....
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EE Berger
2007-08-03 17:14:00
EE Berg er is a photographer from Detroit . Check out her cool work here© EE Berger
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White Wall Collective
2007-08-03 16:58:00
There's a fantastic Detroit based blog "White Wall Coll ective " I've been featured on it today. You can check it out hereThis is what this great blog is about: White Wall Collective, WWC, is a Detroit-based photography collective focused on the encouragement, support and nurturing of photographic talent. Recognizing a disconnect between opportunites to showcase work and the photographers, the WWC aims to unite people both in Detroit and outside of the city. Forming strong support systems, networks and a place to showcase photographs, the WWC offers a central system to present critique, information and passion for art. By keeping updated information on contests, openings and shows and other such opportunities, we can form a greatly connected group of photographers that encourage an awareness of the arts community within Detroit. The direct link to the blog is here

Mirages Update
2007-07-10 22:33:00
I just updated my web-site with new works from the series "The Mira ges"If you are interested to see the new section just click here
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Something new from Germantales
2007-06-20 18:35:00
Here is something new from Germantales
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More romantic
2007-06-19 18:08:00
Two more images of the new project.
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