“If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.” — Robert Doisneau
“I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” — Saul Bass
Contact me
Representation:
Art Intersection
207 North Gilbert Road, Suite 201
Gilbert, AZ 85234
480-361-1118
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, OR 97103-4219
503-468-0238
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I am a San Francisco Bay Area fine art photographer.
I have been a visual artist all of my life, exploring painting, sculpture, and theatrical
scene design at various times. In more recent years the photographic medium
is my passion, a means of artistic expression, an avocation.
I enjoy beauty, humor, the dramatic, the incongruous, and the surreal.
These are the elements most prevalent in my work.
Solo & Featured Exhibits:
October 2016:
Michael T. Puff: Platinum and Palladium Prints,
Ryan Gallery, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
February 2014:
Michael Puff : “Once upon a nude...”
Featured artist in conjunction with The Photographic Nude 2014,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juried & Group Exhibits, Publications:
March 2021:
5th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,
The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Jurrors: Niniane Kelley, Brian Taylor, Ed Carey & The Image Flow
February 2021:
The Photographic Nude 2021,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR -
Gallery Award
Jurors: Michael and Chelsea Granger, Gallery Directors
October 2020 - Jan 2021:
The de Young Open,
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Jurors: de Young Museum Curators
September 2020:
Altered Reality,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Jurors: Diana H. Bloomfield,
Karen Hymer,
Jim Fitzgerald
June 2020:
Light Sensitive,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Juror: Brett Abbott, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art
May 2020:
Isolation,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juror: A Jury of Your Peers Exhibit
February 2020:
The Photographic Nude 2020,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juror: Douglas Beasley
September 2019:
Alternative Visions,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juror: Christina Z. Anderson, Juror's Award 3
July 2019:
4th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,
The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Jurrors: Christina Z. Anderson, Ann M. Jastrab, Unai San Martin & The Image Flow
June 2019:
The Handmade Photograph: Contemporary Photographers Working in Historic Processes, presented by
Bostick & Sullivan, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Juror: Christopher James
April 2019:
2019 Members' Juried Exhibition,
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal, Rfotofolio
February 2019:
The Photographic Nude 2019,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juror: Renée Jacobs, Honorable Mention
November 2018:
2018 Alternative Processes Competition,
Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Dan Burkholder
July 2018:
3rd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,
The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Jurrors: Daniel W. Coburn, Ed Carey, Glen R. Serbin & The Image Flow
March 2018:
Light Sensitive 2018,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Juror: scott b. davis
February 2018:
The Photographic Nude 2018,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR,
Juror: Christa Blackwood
January 2018:
Ryan Gallery Artists: Platinum and Palladium,
Ryan Gallery, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
September 2017:
2nd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,
The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Jurrors: Max Kellenberger, Mark Nelson & The Image Flow
March 2017:
Light Sensitive 2017,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
February 2017:
The Photographic Nude 2017,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR,
Juror: Kim Weston
December 2016:
Winter Exhibition,
Ryan Gallery, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
December 2016:
Members Exhibit 2016,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
August 2016:
First Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,
The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
Jurrors: Brian Taylor, Kerik Kouklis & The Image Flow
April 2016:
The LightBox Files Exhibit,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
February 2016:
The Photographic Nude 2016,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR,
Juror: Michael and Chelsea Granger
November 2015:
2015 International Juried Exhibition — A Single Photograph Competition,
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Juror: Robert Hirsch, Light Research
February 2015:
The Photographic Nude 2015,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR,
Juror: Robert Gojevic of
Blur Magazine
January 2015:
2015 International Juried Exhibition — A Portfolio Competition,
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Juror: Douglas Marshall, Peter Fetterman Gallery
January 2014:
Eternal Platinum – Contemporary Platinum/Palladium Prints,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
January 2014:
2014 Center for Photographic Art Juried Exhibition,
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Juror: Diana L. Daniels, Curator of Contemporary Art, Crocker Art Museum
March 2013:
The Photographic Nude 2013,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juror: Chris Kovacs
Juror's Award
January 2013:
2013 Center for Photographic Art Juried Exhibition,
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Jurors: Dean Brierly and
Chris Johnson
December 2012:
Published in arte fotogràfico,
Issue 632,
Fotografia Imaginativa, Spain
November 2012:
Best of Light Sensitive 2012,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Group Show: Christina Z. Anderson,
Bryan David Griffith,
Michael Puff
October 2012:
Unusual Beauty,
Albuquerque Photographers' Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Jurors: Dennis Chamberlain, Bill d'Ellis, Janet Worne
September 2012:
Heavy Metal,
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
Jurors: Terry Thompson and Kathleen Malan Thompson
March 2012:
Light Sensitive,
Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Juror: Dr.Rebecca Senf, Norton Family Curator of Photography, a joint appointment at the Center for Creative Photography and the Phoenix Art Museum
February 2012:
Statewide Photography Competition & Exhibition,
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Honorable Mention
Juror: Brian Taylor
January 2012: One Eye Shut, California Photographers -
Group Show, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
October 2011:
Hand+Eye: An International Competition of
Contemporary Handcrafted Photography
- Jurors: Christina Z. Anderson and
Sam Wang,
Exhibit:
No Alternatives,
Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, NC
October 2011: Mixed Media Miniature - Juried Show, Honorable Mention,
The CK Gallery, Oakland, CA
June 2011: Oakland Fine Art Photographers Group, Open Studios -
Juried Show, Bill McClaren Studio, Oakland, CA
June 2010: 2010 Kellicutt International Photo Show
- Through A Lens: Energy, Strength or Power - Juried Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
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