Michael Barath

Michael Barath is a photographer, educator, and human being living in Canton, Ohio. He is a perpetual student of photography as well as an instructor at Stark State College where he has been teaching for 25 years.

Michael has been photographing for many years, seriously for the past 22, when grandchildren Hannah and Ayden were born. He’s always been emotionally connected to photography because his mother was an amateur photographer. Perhaps he is trying to extend her legacy by creating something of his own.

Throughout Michael’s life he’s had and internal debate – is it better to be pretty good at a lot of things, or world class at one thing? Unfortunately, he’s never had the attention span to commit more than a couple of years to any one pursuit: birding, climbing, bicycle racing, dog training, and more. That is, except photography. Here, he actually combines all his interests with photography by using them as subjects. Michael doesn’t know if he has the talent to be world class, but so far the camera strongly holds his attention.

Much of Michael’s personal work centers on nostalgia, in particular, feelings from childhood. This is something, of course, that only he can remember. But the wonder of artistic expression lies in its...

Walsh University, BA
Kent State University, MEd
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, BS

Blues, 24/7: Journey Art Gallery, June 2014
Double Exposures: Cleveland International Airport, 2014
Interiors: Julz by Alan Rodriguez, July 2015
Interiors: Gallery 121, August 2015
Interiors, Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography, December 2015