Michael Ernest Sweet was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1979 and grew up on a small horse farm. Since the age of about twelve, Michael has not been too far from a camera.<\/p>\n
Michael has been photographing the streets and beaches of New York City<\/strong> for more than fifteen years. He is known for his distinct style of photography, which combines up close, gritty, images of \u201chuman fragments\u201d<\/strong> along with the use of cheap and disposable cameras<\/strong>. The result is an instantly recognizable body of work with a strong visual signature.<\/p>\n In 2013, Brooklyn Arts Press<\/strong> published Michael\u2019s first full-length monograph of street photography titled, \u201cThe Human Fragment\u201d. In 2015, they released his second book<\/strong>, \u201cMichael Sweet\u2019s Coney Island\u201d, which features a collection of highly-saturated, low-fi color photographs made with a Digital Harinezumi<\/strong> – a Japanese toy camera with a worldwide cult following.<\/p>\n Educated at The Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>, Michael was a long-time arts contributor for \u201cThe Huffington Post\u201d<\/strong>, as well as a regular columnist for \u201cPhoto Life Magazine\u201d<\/strong>. He has appeared as a photography critic<\/strong> in the feature-length documentaries \u201cGarry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable\u201d and \u201cFill The Frame\u201d.<\/p>\n Michael is a recipient of numerous civilian awards and honors including a Canadian Prime Minister\u2019s Award<\/strong> and a Queen Elizabeth II Medal<\/strong> for significant contributions to education and the arts in Canada. He has also won various photography awards<\/strong> including prizes from \u201cBlack and White Magazine\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cPopular Photography\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Michael divides his time between New York City and his 200 acre private nature reserve in Nova Scotia, Canada.<\/p>\n https:\/\/michaelsweetphotography.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Scrittore e street photographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[584,132,318],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31362,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/31362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\nIn 2013, Brooklyn Arts Press<\/strong> published Michael\u2019s first full-length monograph of street photography titled, \u201cThe Human Fragment\u201d. In 2015, they released his second book<\/strong>, \u201cMichael Sweet\u2019s Coney Island\u201d, which features a collection of highly-saturated, low-fi color photographs made with a Digital Harinezumi<\/strong> – a Japanese toy camera with a worldwide cult following.<\/p>\nEducated at The Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>, Michael was a long-time arts contributor for \u201cThe Huffington Post\u201d<\/strong>, as well as a regular columnist for \u201cPhoto Life Magazine\u201d<\/strong>. He has appeared as a photography critic<\/strong> in the feature-length documentaries \u201cGarry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable\u201d and \u201cFill The Frame\u201d.<\/p>\nMichael is a recipient of numerous civilian awards and honors including a Canadian Prime Minister\u2019s Award<\/strong> and a Queen Elizabeth II Medal<\/strong> for significant contributions to education and the arts in Canada. He has also won various photography awards<\/strong> including prizes from \u201cBlack and White Magazine\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cPopular Photography\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\nMichael divides his time between New York City and his 200 acre private nature reserve in Nova Scotia, Canada.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/michaelsweetphotography.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scrittore e street photographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[584,132,318],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31362,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/31362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Michael-Ernest-Sweet-3.jpeg\"){kind=link}
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