Michael David Friberg

Got the NYT front right now with a story I shot for the Sunday...

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:07 -0600

Got the NYT front right now with a story I shot for the Sunday Magazine about BYU’s incredible animation department. Check it out!

Betty and Dave, my wife’s hilarious scotch drinking...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:21:54 -0600

Betty and Dave, my wife’s hilarious scotch drinking grandparents.

Going through all my 4x5 holders one by one to make sure they are ok. Crappy lab scans.

Cole Wilson my studio manager. digi light test for a new 4x5...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:06 -0600

Cole Wilson my studio manager. digi light test for a new 4x5 studio project I’m about to undertake.

So good. An already slow song EVEN SLOWER.

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:03:10 -0600

So good. An already slow song EVEN SLOWER.

the perfect pop song?

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:32:41 -0600

the perfect pop song?

A cow’s head is hung on a hook to be taken apart at the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:18:18 -0600

A cow’s head is hung on a hook to be taken apart at the Prather Ranch slaughter house in Northern California. Shot for Modern Farmer Magazine. Full edit here.

A slaughter house employee at Prather Ranch in Northern...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:15:46 -0600

A slaughter house employee at Prather Ranch in Northern California. Shot for modern farmer magazine. Whole edit here.

Horses Ass.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:27:00 -0600

Horses Ass.

mpdrolet: From Water in Sierra Leone Mustafah Abdulaziz This...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:54:37 -0600

mpdrolet:

From Water in Sierra Leone

Mustafah Abdulaziz

This project is awesome. Edify yourself and look at it.

Dad, testing the 4x5 camera.

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:39:23 -0600

Dad, testing the 4x5 camera.

Going back through old stuff for a stock request. It’s...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:23:06 -0600

Going back through old stuff for a stock request. It’s amazing what slips through the cracks when you are an idiot.

alexihobbs: Mi Kyum Kim and her daughter, Jessica WeeMontreal,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:26:22 -0600

alexihobbs:

Mi Kyum Kim and her daughter, Jessica Wee
Montreal, 2013

THAT LIGHT. DAMN GURL!

mpdrolet: From Kitintale Yann Gross This is a great series....

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:30:52 -0600

mpdrolet:

From Kitintale

Yann Gross

This is a great series. Having spent a lot of time in Uganda, I can safely say that it is not easy to find a patch of concrete smooth enough to skate on. We need more stuff like this coming out of Africa, not just pictures of babies with dirt on their faces.

Monday Inspiration. Vice Picture Perfect: Chloe Dewe Mathews I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:53:16 -0600

Monday Inspiration.

Vice Picture Perfect: Chloe Dewe Mathews

I wasn’t familiar with her work before seeing this. Really lovely stuff.

geordiewood: This month, in our annual Photo Issue, The FADER...

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:50:23 -0600

geordiewood:

This month, in our annual Photo Issue, The FADER is publishing a feature on the epidemic of youth violence in Chicago, photographed by Daniel Shea. It’s no exaggeration to say this has been one of the most fulfilling projects that Daniel and I have ever worked on.

The feature is live online today. Over the duration of the week four extended edits will be posted along with conversations between Daniel and I.

This essay was a deviation from past photo issues. Instead of publishing preexisting work we decided to commission one large essay with ambitious goals. Our choice to shoot on the ground in Chicago stemmed from the idea that the violent rhetoric that permeates contemporary rap music has a human cost that is too often overlooked. The FADER and many other magazines covering new music feature musicians that propagate cultures of violence (like Chief Keef, who Daniel shot for The FADER’s cover less than a year ago). With the magazine’s audience of young people in mind, we wanted to face that head on.

What resulted is 16 pages of photographs and a Q&A with veteran Chicago reporter Alex Kotlowitz. We aimed to depict what life in the South Side is like for young people, through individuals affected by violence, those participating in it and the grassroots effort to curb the spread of retaliatory crime which seems to have no end.

I would like to personally thank Daniel, my friend, for his incredible effort and determination working on this project, as well as the staff and publishers of The FADER for believing in it and to the men and women of CeaseFire who opened countless doors for us. Please spread the word and consider donating to their incredible effort.

Nothing more to say other than LOOK AT THIS AND READ IT.

Food and farming activist Kelvin Graddick in Georgia. Shot for...

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:50:48 -0600

Food and farming activist Kelvin Graddick in Georgia. Shot for Modern Farmer.

Some outtakes from a day I spent crawling around on my knees for...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:32:35 -0600

Some outtakes from a day I spent crawling around on my knees for the NYT photographing dual language immersion programs in Utah public schools. Kids are real funny to me.

Billionaire and future space landlord Robert Bigelow for...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:11:58 -0600

Billionaire and future space landlord Robert Bigelow for Bloomberg Businessweek.

Carcases are hung to dry age at the Prather Ranch slaughter...

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:14:19 -0600

Carcases are hung to dry age at the Prather Ranch slaughter house in Northern California.

Shot for modern farmer for a story on humane slaughter practices. Excellent article here. Full project on my website here.

imaphotoeditor: A Las Vegas billionaire plans to build a real...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:58:16 -0600

imaphotoeditor:

A Las Vegas billionaire plans to build a real estate empire in space. seriously.

Photographer: Michael Friberg

Photo Editor: Diana Suryakusuma

Story / issue: Interstellar Landlord —- on newsstands now!

I’ve never had so much fun shooting 1/32 scale models of ANYTHING.