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Tryst Walls Artist for May
May 3, 2012, Thursday, 7pm-9pm
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Please come join us this coming Thursday, May 2nd at 7pm for the art opening of two of Tryst's beloved friends and customers Hector Emanuel and Michael Bonfigli!
Michael Bonfigli
A Washington DC based photojournalist with over 20 years of experience photographing a wide range of topics around the world for magazines and NGO's.
Raised by Argentine parents in a small town in Vermont, Michael's interest in Photography and Latin American culture began with a family trip to Buenos Aires when he was a young boy. He was drawn to both the intensity of life in Buenos Aires and his Uncle’s own photographs of the area. After studying Art History and Politics at the University of Vermont and the University of Barcelona during college, Michael joined the Peace Corps to work with the Miskito Indians in the Northern Coast of Honduras. It was there that he started photographing what has become a long term project exploring the ways the Miskito people react to their ever changing environment and outside influences. Following the Peace Corps, he received a Masters degree in education at Indiana University. Michael then taught in a few high schools and at the University of Maryland for several years until he finally decided on a career as a photographer. His first freelance work was with the Washington Post where he often photographed celebrities for the Style Section. Michael is presently working on photographing different neighborhoods in Washington DC. Mt. Pleasant Street represents his first project working strictly with the plastic toy camera called Holga. He has since photographed with his Holga in Nicaragua, Northern California and Colombia. Michael is also a founding member of Metro Collective.
Michael lives in Mt. Pleasant a neighborhood in NW Washington, DC with his six year old son, Luca.
Hector Emanuel
Is a Peruvian-born photojournalist with a Master's degree in physics. Although he has traveled and photographed extensively throughout the world, his primary interest is the examination of social, political and environmental issues in Latin America and the US. His work reflects the great ethnoracial and cultural diversity of the Americas. Among the many prizes he has received are a World Press Photo prize and an NPPA's Best of Photojournalism award for his documentation of the civil conflict in Colombia, as well as a POYi prize for his portrait series depicting life in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Emanuel's photographs have been widely exhibited in major galleries and museums internationally and have appeared in numerous books, newspapers, and magazines. He is also President and founding member of Metro Collective.
Metro Collective an international coalition of independent photographers united by a shared dedication to expressive documentary work grounded in humanistic stories and themes. www.MetroCollective.com