Announcing Michael Northrup
MEMORY CULT Visiting Artist Series Presents
Michael Northrup
“For me creating images is all about my daily life, those meaningful pictures I’m able to extract from it, and the personal photographic vision I bring to those visual narratives.”
The Visiting Artist Series is thrilled to announce our final artist of 2025: surrealist photographer Michael Northrup. He describes his work as “more percept than concept,” focusing on themes of irony and play. The Visiting Artist Series is evolving into inviting each artist to speak and present with images alongside of our dialogue and Q&A. Michael’s spirit, intent and humor are so aligned with how many of us shoot and view the world. Order books and prints from his store here.
ABOUT
“I love irony... not exclusively, but I have a special appreciation for it. And it underlies a lot of my work. I must have been especially influenced by my mother who would laugh at news stories like, “Santa looses fingers while stepping off helicopter to wave at kids”. During the 50's my older brother told me all the science fiction and horror movies we were seeing were documentaries. And my dad, being a doctor, surgeon, and coroner, would bring humor to the dinner table on things like bowel obstructions and suicides. My whole family was great at extracting humor out of tragedy and that has given me a way of seeing life. For me creating images is all about my daily life, those meaningful pictures I’m able to extract from it, and the personal photographic vision I bring to those visual narratives.”