1969 TO 1984: SELECTIONS
Photographs by Michael Hyatt
My interest in photography began in 1968 after seeing the
work of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Upon completion
of a basic photography course at Moorpark College, I landed a job making photographs
to illustrate the college catalog. The library there had a good selection of
Aperture magazines. I spent hours looking at them. Then I attended a peace
march in Venture where I made what I consider my first good photograph. Not
that the tonal range is so great; after all the sky was heavily overcast that
day. But it does speak of the polarization in American society during the Viet
Nam War. Contrasting thinking and contrasting forms have dominated my images
and interests ever since.
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SAMPLE PHOTOS

Rose Parade Pasadena, CA 1976

Central Market Los Angeles 1984

Playground East Los Angeles 1972

Surfer Dude Venice, CA 1978
West Los Angeles 1977
Santa Monica, CA 1974
Carmel Valley, CA 1974
West Texas 1982
El Paso, Texas 1982
Museum of Dust Texico, New Mexico 1982
Peace March Ventura, CA 1969
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