Born in 1932 outside Pittsburgh, Duane Michals is regarded as one of the great photographic innovators of the past century, widely known for his work with series and multiple exposures, and for incorporating handwritten texts as key components in his works. Since his first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1970, Michals has had numerous one-person shows in Japan, Europe and the US. In 2014 the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh mounted a major retrospective. Michals’ books include Homage to Cavafy (1978); Salute, Walt Whitman (1996); The Essential Duane Michals (1997); A Visit with Magritte, published by Steidl in 2011; ABC Duane (2014), a TIME magazine Best Photobook of the Year; and Duane Michals: Portraits (2017).