A Candle for Michael

In memoriam

March 23,1962-January 15, 2008

Poems Along the Path

Michael originally published the poems and photographs in this collection in his blog, where they are scattered like jewels throughout the postings that chronicled the last two years of his life. Here, brought together and arranged by the themes into which they naturally fall, the poems tell the same story in a different, but equally powerful way.

Poems Along the Path

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Gone But Still Here

One of the recurring themes of Michael's photography and poetry is the felt presence of the spirits of the departed. Michael's spirit, which inspired so many people, is still very much alive in his work, nowhere more so than in his account of his Shikoku Pilgrimage and in his photographic Slice of Japan.

Shikoku Pilgrimage

Shikoku Pilgrimage

Slice of Japan Part I: Chiba Prefecture

Slice of Japan Part I: Chiba Prefecture

Slice of Japan Part II: Kyoto

Slice of Japan Part II: Kyoto

Slice of Japan Part III: Tokyo, Kamakura, Nikko, and beyond

Slice of Japan Part III: Tokyo, Kamakura, Nikko, and beyond

Slice of Japan Part IV: A Final Look

Slice of Japan Part IV: A Final Look

A Tribute to Michael

In the summer of 2007, Michael was thrilled to be accepted as a member of the Soho Photo Gallery. He had planned to have an exhibit in the autumn of that year, but his illness made it impossible. We are happy to bring his plans to fruition. His show, East Village Portraits, will be on view at the gallery through July 4.

Gallery hours are Wednesday thru Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Soho Photo is located at 15 White Street, New York, NY. That is 3 blocks south of Canal Street, between 6th Avenue and West Broadway. The gallery is close to several subway stops: the #1 line to Franklin Street or the A, C, E, N, R or #6 lines to Canal Street.

Mounting the Exhibit

In Memoriam: March 23, 1962-January 15, 2008

Though Michael passed away a year ago today, he continues to touch people deeply through his writing, his photography, and most of all, his example.

The Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hiwasa on Shikoku Island, Japan,
where we scattered Michael's ashes on April 8, 2008.

The view of Hiwasa town and the ocean
from Temple 23 onthe 88-temple Shikoku pilgrimage.
Michael admired this view when he was here.

Michael was born in the Year of the Tiger.
There was a tiger for him at Temple 23.

This is the same stairway as the one Michael photographed
on his 1997 visit to this temple as a pilgrim.