Biography of Duane Michals
Biography of Duane Michals Duane Steven Michals was born in McKeesport in Pennsylvania, in 1932. ... By doing this he was also discarding the ‘Duane’, which his mother named him in honour of her employer’s son. ... While in high school, Michals first realized that he wanted to be an artist, starting with watercolour painting classes. ... Michals never even considered becoming a photographer until he took a trip to the Soviet Union, and decided that the snap shots he had taken were worth making public.