Duane Michals is known for expanding photography beyond the single “decisive moment,” using staged narrative sequences, multiple exposures, and handwritten text. His work often explores myths, mysteries, dreams, death, and philosophical ideas, prioritizing concept and story over documentation. A few of Michals’s best-known works are Empty New York (c. 1964–65), The Spirit Leaves the Body (1968), and Chance Meeting (1970).
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