Michael Mandis, born and raised in
Southern Illinois, moved to St. Louis a few years ago. Mike has been
a photographer since the age of 17 and started shooting for a small
town newspaper and photographed weddings. Since then, Michael has
won the National Kodak Gold Medallion award and received a grant
from Kodak for 4 years and spent most of his time photographing
children in low income areas completing a series called "My
Playground".
Mike also spends quite a bit of time doing landscape,
environmental portraiture, creative portraiture, commercial, and
yes, still has to do a wedding or two every now and then. (550 of
them by the age of 31)
Contact
information for Mike Mandis - 314-591-6453 or email:
photogrfu@aol.com
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