The Need to Know (Book)
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Photographer
Michael Honegger
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Company/Studios
Michael Honegger Photos
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Date of Photograph
various
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Socials
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Website
My father was a spy during the Cold War. Bilingual in German and English, he worked for the U.S. Air Force and sent agents into East Germany and elsewhere behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1960's. The Need-to-Know, a photo book, is my exploration of the meager details that emerged from brief and cryptic conversations with my father and my curiosity about Cold War espionage and its impact upon my family at the time. The book was published by Blow Up Press of Warsaw, Poland in October, 2023.
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Biography
Michael S. Honegger is a visual artist born in Germany with roots in the United States and France. His practice as a fine art and documentary photographer explores the performative nature of self-portraiture, the complexities of memory and family and an investigation of the ironies of American culture with an expatriate's eye. He has exhibited his work in numerous juried group and solo shows throughout the United States and Europe. Blow Up Press published his monograph, The Need to Know, in 2023. The book has been shortlisted by Les Rencontres de Arles, Photo España, and other book festivals
