LIGHT
Biography
Michael Taylor was born in 1963 in
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. From
1981 to 1991 he studied at University of
Ulster and Queen’s University, where he
received a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology
and Design,and a Master’s degree in
Computer Science and Fine Art (all
in Belfast). His work was exhibited in
Ireland, England and Australia. In 1991,
he started his career as a commercial
photographer working for leading
companies and agencies in the field of
portrait and fashion. Later he specialized
in photographing dance, always focusing
on light and movement, which developed
into light experiments to which he is still
devoted. His commercial work can be
seen at www.mtphoto.co.uk
and series of light at
www.michaeltaylor.com
“The enemy of
photography is
the convention…
the salvation of
photography is the
experiment.”
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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