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While most photographers concern themselves with describing the physical appearance of the world around them - the people, the places, the things - Duane Michals has devoted a lifetime to describing the invisible and intangible world within his imagination.
"In my case, it's been an interior dialogue and not an exterior dialogue. The question is: 'Who am I?'," says Michals of his quest. "That's what this whole evolutionary journey has been about, with no end in sight, and that's why it's so exciting because I have to define myself."
Too many photographers, says Michals, look no farther than the surface, not only of the things they photograph, but of their own lives and emotions.
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"Photographers are always photographing the package," he says. "But they would never think to open up the box. Well, I'm interested in the contents, because once you start opening up the box, it's like a Chinese box, there's always another box inside - so it's limitless."
"I am what is being experienced, the universe focused in the eye of the beholder. There is a quality of sensation felt as myself, which like the "I" of the hurricane is a calm center of the storm of awareness..." 
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