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Featured Artist: Michael Ouchakof

Our Featured Artist for the month of December is Michael Ouchakof.

Michael is a photographer, designer, writer and filmmaker whose work explores emotional landscapes through a variety of mediums. A trained Landscape Architect, Michael has been photographing the natural and built environment for the past two decades, capturing images which encourage viewers to engage everyday spaces, places and structures on an emotional level. Michael has designed spaces ranging from custom residences to mixed-use communities, and each of his designs place an emphasis on human interaction with the built and natural environment. He has dedicated his academic and professional career to furthering the cause of sustainability and sustainable development, as well as promoting the ideals of environmental justice.

Landscapes + Architecture = Emotion

“The experiences and emotions that people have when engaging a designed space is an important aspect of landscape architecture and architecture. In recent years, I have been exploring how people can experience spaces or places that have been captured through the lens of a camera. The same concepts that designers utilize to create emotional responses to three-dimensional spaces can be applied when capturing spaces, places and design elements in two-dimensions such as film. I try to capture images that present the everyday elements of designed and natural spaces from a viewpoint that evokes an emotional response from the viewer, whether related directly to the subject of the photo or through past emotional experiences.”

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