He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications from the University of Kansas. After working as a designer and art director in the advertising and marketing industry for over 12 years, Michael left in 1997 to pursue a freelance career and to have more time and flexibility to build his travel photography business. Since then, he has had images published in a variety of travel publications including Travel+Leisure, Rough Guides, Fodor’s, Mobil Travel Guides, National Geographic Publications and Discovery Channel books. Shooting both on assignment and for stock imagery, Michael’s image library includes photos from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. His stock photography is available through Robert Harding World Imagery and Alamy."