Based in Chicago, Michael Abramson has contributed photography to numerous national and foreign magazines as well as corporations. His work has also been exhibited at museums and galleries including The Art Institute of Chicago, The Milwaukee Art Museum, and The Philadelphia Art Museum. He has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in response to documentary work on the South Side of Chicago; Light On the South Side, a book from this project, with an essay by Nick Hornby(High Fidelity) will be published in November, 2009. He has, also, provided photography for two best selling books based on the Thorne Rooms at The Art Institute of Chicago. He has a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a MS in Photography from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Recently, the New York Times published a story about Michael Abramson and his work.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/showcase-60/
Listen to NPR Fresh Air segment on Michael's book, Light:On the South Side
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124055018
(NBC/TV, WTTW/TV, NY Times, WBEZ/848 Radio, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, and many other media have recently done stories on Light:On the South Side)