Mike Hedrick (he/him/his)
Frederick, MD
“I make art because it takes me out of my worries and it gives me something to focus on. I make art because it gives me a spark and a flow that I can’t find elsewhere.”
Michael Hedrick is a photographer and writer who has used his art as a grounding point throughout some of his greatest challenges. He explains: “I was diagnosed schizophrenic when I was twenty and art and writing were the only things I could hold on to. When everything in my mind was confusing and wild I could write them down and somehow get a handle on it or get it out. I write because it’s a vent and I take photos because I’m trying to illustrate how I feel.”
Michael’s photography is a way for him to understand and share his experience of what he describes as a primarily solitary life. “Often in my life, I feel kind of separate and solitary so my photography has very few people in it. My images can tend to be dark and grand. They make me feel as if I’m the only person walking these places on earth and I like that feeling.”
Michael enjoys working with contrast as an artistic technique as well as a metaphor for both the light and darkness present in his life experience. “I like contrast, I feel like my work aims for an edge that portrays the dark and solitary parts of life as valuable and prominent. My photography has kind of a dark tone, it's pretty void of human interaction but the images show the beauty in their starkness and solitude. Photography is my zen, it's my therapy and it's a way for me to express myself without feeling like somebody's watching me.”
Through his participation in ArtLifting, Michael hopes to earn a regular income to be able to move out of section 8 housing, to support himself financially, and see a private psychiatrist.
read morePrints by Mike Hedrick (he/him/his)
A Walk in the Woods
Mike HedrickAfter the Snow
Mike HedrickAfternoon Walk
Mike HedrickAspen Forest
Mike HedrickBalloons 1
Mike HedrickBoulder Creek 4
Mike HedrickBW DC 1
Mike HedrickBW DC 2
Mike HedrickBW DC 5
Mike HedrickCatoctin Mountain River 3
Mike HedrickClouds 1
Mike HedrickClouds 2-12
Mike HedrickClouds 2-2
Mike HedrickClouds 2-3
Mike HedrickClouds 2-6
Mike HedrickCommunity Garden 9
Mike HedrickElk 1
Mike HedrickEstes in Late May 6
Mike HedrickEstes Late September 11
Mike HedrickEstes Late September 7
Mike HedrickFall in Boulder 1
Mike HedrickFall in Boulder 10
Mike HedrickFall on Sugarloaf Mountain 3
Mike HedrickFall River Road
Mike HedrickFog Morning 2
Mike HedrickFoothills 4
Mike HedrickForest 1
Mike HedrickForest 2
Mike HedrickGettysburg Winter 1
Mike HedrickGrassland Trees
Mike HedrickGrassy Field 1
Mike HedrickGrassy Field 2
Mike HedrickGrassy Path 1
Mike HedrickGrassy Path 3
Mike HedrickGray Mountains 11
Mike HedrickHazy Canyon
Mike HedrickHenlopen Sunrise 1
Mike HedrickHigh Contrast Mountains 1
Mike HedrickHigh Contrast Mountains 9
Mike HedrickLake Reflection
Mike HedrickLakeside 1
Mike HedrickLakeside Trail
Mike HedrickLeadville
Mike HedrickLone Cabin
Mike HedrickMountain Lookout
Mike HedrickMountain Lookout 2
Mike HedrickMountain Stream 1
Mike HedrickMountain Stream 2
Mike HedrickMountains 1
Mike HedrickPotomac Early Spring 1
Mike HedrickPotomac Early Spring 2
Mike HedrickRainy Hills
Mike HedrickRollinsville 2
Mike HedrickRollinsville 4
Mike HedrickRollinsville 5
Mike HedrickSad Tree
Mike HedrickSandstone Ranch 10
Mike HedrickSandstone Ranch 7
Mike HedrickSharp Winter Peaks
Mike HedrickSky 1
Mike HedrickSky 5
Mike HedrickSmoke in the Mountains
Mike HedrickSnowdog 8
Mike HedrickSnowy Peaks
Mike HedrickSnowy Peaks 10
Mike HedrickStairway
Mike HedrickStarry Night 3
Mike HedrickSunflowers
Mike HedrickSunny Vista
Mike HedrickSunrise 10/11/13 - 16
Mike HedrickSunrise 10/11/13 - 48
Mike HedrickSunset 2-10
Mike HedrickSunset 2-4
Mike HedrickThe Airport 2
Mike HedrickThe Airport 4
Mike HedrickThe Forgotten 2
Mike HedrickThe Overlook
Mike HedrickThe Three Peaks
Mike HedrickTrail Ridge 4
Mike HedrickTrees in the Sun
Mike HedrickTurquoise Lake 2
Mike HedrickUrbana Bokeh 2
Mike HedrickUrbana Bokeh 3
Mike HedrickVast 1
Mike HedrickVast 8
Mike HedrickVast 9
Mike HedrickWinter Afternoon Peaks
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