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Since 1968, Michael Hyatt's work has ranged from street photography in Boston, Los Angeles, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Australia and Cuba to documenting the performances and backstage activities of prominent punk rock and roots rock bands in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1986. After moving to Arizona in late 1986, his camerawork focused on a variety of subjects including humanitarian efforts in the US/Mexico borderlands that produced the award winning book Migrant Artifacts... »MICHAEL'S FULL BIO

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Fifth and Wall Street -- Skid Row, Los Angeles in the 1970s

DEC 2023 Exhibition announcement: Twenty six framed photographs from the book Fifth and Wall Street: Skid Row, Los Angeles in the 1970s will be exhibited at the Angelus Plaza Gallery December 2 - January 7. The exhibition begins with a reception on Saturday, December 2 from 1-5pm. Angelus Plaza Gallery is located at 255 South Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles. Copies of the limited-edition book will be available. Only 15 of the 100 edition remain unsold. Co-author Charles Pavlich will attend. Michael will also be there during gallery hours from 1-5pm on December 3 and on January 6 & 7, 2024.
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FEB-MAR 2023 The Andrew Smith Gallery in Tucson is pleased to announce the exhibition MICHAEL HYATT - CROSSROADS: THE STREETS & MUSIC OF LOS ANGELES 1969–1981
330 S. Convent Ave.
Gallery hours: Tue-Fri 10-4, Sat: 12-5
Exhibition dates: 2/11 - 4/8/23
Reception & book signing: February 11, 7-10pm
Meet the artist: February 18 & 25 from 12–3

JULY 2020 Writer's Room Recording presents the film Pictures at an Exhibition - 50 years of documentary and street photography by Michael Hyatt.


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AUGUST 2020 Singer/songwriter John Coinman’s new video Long Way From Home from his album Under the Sun features 15 photographs from Michael's book Along the Migrant Trail.


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MAY 2020 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards announces Along the Migrant Trail an Honorable Mention in the Culture Category. Additional distinctions include Grand Prize, da Vinci Eye and Montaigne Medal Finalist. »more info at erichoffer.com

Along the Migrant Trail: A Borderlands Portrait, published by fronteranueva books

OCT 2019 fronteranueva books in Los Angeles announces the publication of Michael Hyatt's documentary book: Along the Migrant Trail – A Borderlands Portrait. The book features 114 B/W and color photographs with a forward by scholar Rebecca Fowler Ph.D.
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"Michael Hyatt is a documentary photographer whose work exhibits more than words can express. In addition, Michael has been a leading volunteer for 17 years with Samaritans — the humanitarian aid organization dedicated to saving the lives of migrants in the Sonoran Desert. As he has hiked the hundreds of miles of migrant trails carrying life-saving water, food, and medical care, he has photographed courage, spirituality, suffering, and death in this beautiful and tragic land." —Reverend John Fife, Co-founder of Sanctuary, Tucson Samaritans, and No More Deaths
Along the Migrant Trail: A Borderlands Portrait, published by fronteranueva books
"The human will is what’s most evident in Michael Hyatt’s photographs. Depicting the principal actors in the real life and death struggle of our time, you feel the pain, the love, the hope and faith that can only come from a deep and long–time involvement as a humanitarian. His powerful images documenting the militarism and humanism in the Sonora and Arizona borderlands are an important contribution to our history." —Isabel Garcia, Co-founder of Derechos Humanos and winner of the 2018 UNAM Alfonso Garcia-Robles Human Rights Award
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