About

Michael Evans
Michael Evans

As a freshman at the University of Memphis, Michael Evans bought a secondhand 35mm camera and fell in love with photography. He went on to major in film production and later worked as a television producer and still photographer. His first publication came while he was still in college, when The New York Times Magazine published one of his photos of the Kol Demama Dance Company.

Throughout his career, Michael has photographed numerous national and world leaders, including President Bill Clinton, First Ladies Rosalynn Carter and Barbara Bush, Barbara Jordan, and Desmond Tutu, as well as notable artists such as Kathy Bates, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, and John “Memphis Slim” Chatman. His photographs have appeared in exhibitions at San Francisco’s Space Gallery and California Modern Art Gallery, as well as The Cookie Factory and The Tennessee Ballet in Memphis.

After more than 40 years behind the lens, Michael still finds photography as intriguing as he did the day he bought his first camera. In2017, he published My Colombia: The First Seven Years —a collection of photographs taken during his adventures in Colombia.

Publications
LensWork – Issue #65
International Living
The City Paper
The New York Times Magazine

Clients
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Clinton/Gore Campaign
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Facing History and Ourselves
United Way
International Living

Group Exhibitions
California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Cookie Factory, Memphis, TN

Interviews
LensWork EXTENDED #65 by Brooks Jensen
Colombia Calling #207 by Richard McColl

All images and text Copyright © Michael Evans. All rights reserved.