Michael Daks

Michael Daks is an English multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Rochester, Kent after a 20 year stint in NYC & Paris. He has worked as a fashion and portrait photographer in London, Paris, Milan and New York City, with clients including The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, The Tatler, Cosmopolitan, Variety, Rolling Stone,VIBE,The Source, The Observer Magazine, The Telegraph magazine, The Sunday Times magazine, Maxim, Brill’s Content, TV Guide USA, World of Interiors, BLITZ, iD, The Face, L’Uomo Vogue, Vogue Hommes International, SONY Music, BMG, RCA, MTV, Levi’s, Van Heusen, BELSTAFF, Drizabone, Arcadia, Burtons, Energie Jeans & GAP.

The cover image of his book of nudes 'Just Good Friends' (Tara Dancing) was featured in the Sunday Times magazine ‘best of world photography’ section in 2013.
He is currently working on 'In Hindsight' - a personal landscape, a retrospective of his landscape photographs from the past 30 years and 'Sculpture Garden' a book of sculptures in their environment taken at Versailles, Musee de Rodin and various other Sculpture Gardens around the world.

His portraits of Dennis Potter & Kenneth Branagh are in The National Portrait Gallery permanent collection in Trafalga...

Southampton Solent University PGCLTHE

Wolverhampton University Faculty of Art and design- BA (hons) Visual Communication/Photography.

Southport College of Art & Design - 2 year Foundation Course.

Exhibitions

2019:

Halpern Gallery, Rochester - Solo Show: Nov - Dec

Sun Pier House - Medway - Solo Show: June - July


2018:

Nucleus Resident Artist
Halpern Gallery - Medway

2017:

NOVEMBER

'Rencontres Photographiques du 10e' @ Bibliotheque Chateau D'Eau as part of Paris Photo.

and

'The BODY'

PCA Gallery Paris, 15 Rue Fenelon 75010
November 23rd - December 18th


Michael's work has been exhibited internationally, most notably at the ‘Europ - Art sans frontières’ exhibition in Paris in 1992 curated by César, The Milk Gallery in NYC in 2005, the Proud Gallery in London in 2010, at The Pavillon des Lettres in Paris in June 2014, Le Biblioteque Chateau D'eau, Paris 2015, iconoclastes gallery in Paris in 2016 . His video installation 'Tara dances for world peace' was showcased in Paris as part of the Untitled Magazine exhibition at the Visionaire’s Gallery, and his fashion film 'Wish You Were Here' was shown at the Soiree du Louvre benefit in 2011. His fashion film 'Girl Friday' was shown at The Big Screen Plaza in Midtown Manhattan and during the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

His short film 'The Butterfly Collector' has now been viewed over 1.5 million times on Youtube.

Michael’s portraits of Dennis Potter & Kenneth Br...