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title: "Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals"
date: 2015-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
author: Caroline Herr
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/storyteller-the-photographs-of-duane-michals"
section: Exhibitions
---
![Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/exStoryteller_3600_01.jpg)

 Past Exhibition

# Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals

 

On view March 7 to June 21, 2015

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## This exhibition presents more than 200 works and provides a definitive retrospective of the artist's career.

 

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, Duane Michals (b. 1932) is credited with pioneering new ways of considering and creating photographs. Running counter to the prevailing conventions of photography, Michals began working with sequences of images and multiple exposures, often overlaying hand-written messages and poems. Michals identifies himself a storyteller and through his work explores universal life experiences such as dreams, desire, love and mortality. He has noted: "I'm not interested in what something looks like, I want to know what it feels like ... a realm beyond observation." Organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, this exhibition presents more than 200 works and provides a definitive retrospective of the artist's career.

Made possible by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

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 ![Photography](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Collection_Photography_Share_1800px.jpg)

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Photography

 

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 ![The Mind's Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_MindsEye_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

The Mind's Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann

 

February 11 to July 15, 2012

 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/the-minds-eye-50-years-of-photography-by-jerry-uelsmann) 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Valérie Belin: Made Up](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_ValerieBelin_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Valérie Belin: Made Up

 

October 17, 2009 to April 4, 2010

 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/val%C3%A9rie-belin-made-up) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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