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Michael Itkoff is an artist, publisher, creative consultant and former Chief Content Officer at Britelite Immersive. Michael Cofounded the internationally-celebrated art book publishing house, Daylight as well as content experience platform, Fabl. For nearly twenty years, Michael has been a leader in publishing both digital and print media.
Along the way, Michael has written for the NYTimes Lens blog, Art Asia Pacific, Nueva Luz, Conscientious blog and the Forward. Michael’s photographic and video work is in public and private collections in the United States and his work has appeared on the covers of Orion, Katalog, Next City and Philadelphia Weekly. Michael was the recipient of the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism (2006), a Creative Artists Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council (2007), and a Puffin Foundation Grant (2008). Michael’s monograph Street Portraits was published by Charta Editions in 2009.
Books
- World Atlas of Street Photography, Jackie Higgins, Yale University Press, September 2014
- Mythos, Self published, March 2011 (edition of 50)
- Street Portraits, Charta Editions, March 2009 (monograph)
Solo Exhibitions
- How To, 326 Gallery (Google NYC), New York, June 2021
- CtrlAltDel, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, November 2013
- CtrlAltDel, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, September 2013
Group Exhibitions
- Director's Choice, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, January 2020
- Anti-Nostalgia, Carrack Gallery, Durham, NC, October 2018
- Winter Group Show, Soco Gallery, Charlotte, NC, December 2016
- Wave the Flag, Rubenstein Photography Gallery, Durham, NC, October 2016
- Identify, Edelman Gallery, Chicago, February 2015
- Receptacle (w/ Felt Battery), Apothecary, Asheville, NC, December 2012
- Fraction, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, September 2011
- Love is a River, Estuary Gallery, Beacon, NY, March 2011
- Open Season, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, November 2010
- Street Portraits, This is Not a Gateway Festival, London, October 2010
- Exquisite Landscape, International Center of Photography, New York, September 2010
- FOTO>30, Centro Cultural de Espana, Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 2009
- Street Portraits, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, May/June 2009
- Pastime, Civilian Art Projects, Washington DC, November 2008
- DIVAS, Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA, September 2008
- 3 and the Environment, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, September 2008
- Street Portraits, Peggy Lewis Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, September 2008
- Street Portraits, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA, June 2008
- Origins, Fox Art Gallery, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 2008
- The Four Seasons, Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, January 2008
- In the Country of Last Refuge, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, October 2007
- Brooklyn Topos, Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, September 2007
- Urbane Landscape, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX, July 2007
- The Human Condition, LOOK3, Charlottesville, VA, June 2007
- Slideshow, Fotofestiwal 2007, Lodz, Poland, May 2007
- New in Town, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, December 2006
- Slideluck Potshow VIII, Neo Studios, New York, November 2006
- Kaunas Photo Days, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 2006
- Hey, Hot Shot Spring 2006, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, June 2006
Web Publications
- Warhead Project, June 2011
- Visura Spotlight, May 2010
- Fraction Magazine #7, May 2009
- lens culture, November 2008
- Fjord Photo, August 2008
- Guernica Magazine, July 2008
- Group Show #6, August 2006
- Polar Inertia, July/August 2006
Writing
- Cartagena Review, George Eastman House blog, August 2011
- "Killed" Review, Two Looks blog, April 2011
- Steve Davis profile, New York Times, Lens blog, March 2011
- Ping-Pong with Joerg Colberg, Conscientious Extended, Rnd.1 2 3 4 5 6, March 2010-March 2011
- Visual Tense, Nueva Luz 15:1, December 2010
- Island 6 review, Art Asia Pacific #71, November 2010
- Guest curator statement, Bite! Magazine, February 2010
- New Visions juror statement, Center for Fine Art Photography, February 2010
- Edgy juror statement, Center for Fine Art Photography, February 2008
- Tobi Kahn review, The Forward, September 2002