Michael J Duke

Country: England

Born in the UK Michael spent fifteen years living in Israel. It was only in 2000 when he joined the Tel Aviv Camera Club that he took photography more seriously, culminating in four solo exhibitions and TACC group exhibitions. During 2003 to 2004, Michael helped set up of Ventures Group of Song-writers, Poets, Artists and Photographers which was a group that mixed  artistic outputs for various products and became the group Publicity Secretary.

In January 2005, he returned to London and joined the Isle of Wight Photographic Society and the Hampstead Photographic Society and went on to serve the HPS as Programme & Publicity Secretary. He initiated the HPS Newsletter which he edited through to November 2019. Michael appeared in numerous solo and various group exhibitions including 07 in Covent Garden, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2016, XII Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art, Italy (2019) and Hampstead Arts Council in Central St Giles (2020) as well as in various international salons. He gained a QPSA from the Photographic Society of America (2018) and AFIAP from Federation Internationale De L'Art Photographique (2019). His work can be described as either documentary or artistic deciding which style to use depending upon the end-use of the image.