Fifties: Great childhood growing up in Smalltown USA

Sixties: Did psychedelic lightshows in high school. Made it to the Fillmore

Seventies: Studied photography at Cal Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute.

Eighties: Went into business photographing all types of people.

Ninties: Began to see the influence commercial work could have on one's edge.

2000: Hit the re-set button and never looked back.           
               

Michael Jang 
EXHIBITIONS

2005 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography. SF Camerawork.
Juror: Sandra S. Phillips, Senior Curator of Photography at SFMOMA.
Sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Picturing Modernity: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
January 18, 2003- May 18,2003

COLLECTIONS
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown

AWARDS
Communication Arts Photography Annual Award of Excellence, 1996
New York Art Director’s Award, 1983

CLIENTS
Rolling Stone, Interview, Getty Images, Paramount, Elle, Nike, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Cisco Systems, Apple Computer, Bill Graham Presents, EMI Records, Fortune, Harper and Row, New York Times, Industrial Light and Magic, Hyatt, Mother Jones, San Francisco Symphony, United Way, Viking Books, Visa, Wells Fargo, Fast Company, RCA, Verizon, Pringles, Levi Strauss, Spin Magazine and Hallmark.

PORTRAITS
Jimi Hendrix, William Burroughs, Alice Walker, S.F. Giants, Oakland A’s, Diane Feinstein, Robin Williams, Ben Fong Torres, Beau Bridges, Roselyn Carter, Dana Carvey, Billy Dee Williams, Julia Child, Richard Chamberlain, Alexander Haig, Carol Kane, Jack Lemon, Shirley MacLaine, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Montana, Roger Moore, Vincent Price, Anthony Quinn, Dan Rather, Mickey Rooney, Carlos Santana, Raquel Welch, Brook Shields, Frank Sinatra, Ram Dass, Bobby Mcferrin, the Neville Brothers, Lily Tomlin, Bill Cosby and Paul Ruebens.

ARTICLES
“Hamburger Eyes” Issue 011. 2007.
“Home Invasion” URB Magazine. October 2006.
“A Family Portrait”, Theme Magazine. Spring 2006.
“The Real Hunters Point”, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, July 2002
“The Kids Are Alright”, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, June 2002
Walker, D. “A New Stock Paradigm.” Photo District News. January 2001
Way Out Yonder.” Cowboys and Indians. May 1999
Altieri, Mitchell. “South City Heroes.” San Francisco Examiner, December 1999
Crosby, D. “Michael Jang.” Zoom Magazine (Italy), May 1977
Alcatraz, C. “American Heroes.” La Fotografia. (Spain) January 1997
“Young Contemporaries.” Creative Camera. Collection 5. 1979
“Photography on Campus: A Special Report.” Popular Photography. May 1974

EDUCATION
1977 MFA in Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
1973 BFA in Design, California Institute of the Arts
1997 Santa Fe Photographic Workshop with Albert Watson and Laurie Kratocvil
1974 San Francisco Art Institute Summer Workshop with Lisette Model, A.D. Coleman, and Ralph Gibson         
           

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