{"id":61029,"date":"2024-09-24T13:45:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=61029"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:15:38","slug":"michael-harrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/michael-harrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Harrison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commercial Photographer and exhibited artist<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-1x1-md\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Michael-Harrison-2022-in-his-studio-600x600.png\" alt=\"Michael Harrison\" class=\"wp-image-61031 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Michael-Harrison-2022-in-his-studio-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Michael-Harrison-2022-in-his-studio-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Michael-Harrison-2022-in-his-studio-300x300.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/600;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Creative Arts, UNC Charlotte (1981)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Harrison began college as a business major, but found his calling after taking a photography class with professor (now emerita) Martha Strawn as an elective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI never owned a camera or even considered the possibility of any artistic talent,\u201d he told Associate Professor of Art History Jim Frakes in an interview. \u201cIt was as if someone who never sang a note, suddenly learned to listen and began to sing on key!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduation and a brief stint in San Francisco, Michael returned to Charlotte and founded Michael Harrison Photography, which he ran for 38 years. 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