Michael Abraham

Michael Abraham is 27 years, he is based in Paris.

Fascinated by the photo-journalism in 2004, he began as an assistant with the photo-reporters Stephan Gladieu and Karim Ben Khalifa. He follow Karim in his projects, particulary in Yemen, for a book about the capital Sanaa, also at the exhibition "20 years RSF" on the fence surrounding the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris and at the award ceremony fuji film during the photojournalist festival "Visa pour l image".

In 2005, Michael shut personnals works "London, after the bombs", and during the riots in the suburbs he decided to follow Aziz Senni author of "The social elevator is broken, I took the stairs."

Between 2006 to 2008, he specialized as a lighting director, he has the opportunity to work with Vogue, GQ, House&Garden, l Uomo, l Officiel, Elle, Jalouse ...

In 2009, he followed the workshop of journalist reporter pictures editor.

He works as a cameraman for CBS on the topic: "Starck, citizen of humanity." Member of the collective moaspress, he shut at the NATO against-summit in Strasbourg and then covers the co-leaders kidnaping at the manufactur Molex in south of France.

- July 2009

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2009: Work as JRIM command and freelance

# "The NPA during the May 1st" 2'30
Paris, itw supporters of the new anti-capitalist party in the National Labor party.

# "Molex: the despair of kidnapping" 7'30
Villemur sur Tarn, 283 employees forty years, they kidnapped the two co-leaders for 26 hours.

# "against NATO summit" 4'30
Strasbourg, urbans fightings against the summit.

# "Starck: citizen of humanity" 8'15
Paris, for CBS, portrait of the desiner Starck.

Work shop : journalist reporter cameraman editor at the CIFAP
Director of photography: Germany, Mazda campaign advertising, video-clip Kerry James "I represent"

2008 Director of Photography: Mazda campaign, coorporate campaign Monoprix, Air Liquide, the Post Office.
2007 Director of photography: Martin Margiela fashion show, Director of photography in contract with Condenast (Vogue, House & Garden)
2006 Director of photography in contract with Condenast (Vogue, House & Garden)

2005 personnals works - "crisis suburbs : Aziz Senni portrait" - "London : after the bombs"
assistant reporters: Karim Ben Khelifa, Stephan Gladieu
Stages: Magnum agency and the collective Oeil Public

Experiences: hardware & software

cameras: P2, PD 170, Z7
Software: Avid, FinalCut, Photoshop, Word
Lights: HMI, mandarin, KinoFlow, wallolight, Broncolor, Profoto

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