Architecture

Michael Van Huffel

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"Taken, as many others, late at night. An Ikea spotlight, with the shadows, it did remind me of structures and architecture was the best word I could think of. I think it looks proud. It crowds the frame on purpose."

- Michael Van Huffel

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Michael Van Huffel (he/him/his)

Santa Cruz, CA

I was in a tough state prior to this photography project. It brought an unexpected and deep relationship, and finally feeling productive again. Since I started, I feel much less like I am disappearing and it's given me much hope for a real future.”

Michael Van Huffel enjoyed a successful career as an artist, animator, Creative Director, and musician. His career got a jumpstart when he began working with the musician Prince, as a staff artist, and eventually Art Director. He also has also worked in motion design, TV and movies, and served as Creative Director for numerous projects in advertising and entertainment.

In 2007, Michael unexpectedly developed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) a devastating and poorly-understood neuroimmune condition. Michael began to face loss after loss. Unable to work and eventually housebound, his career, home, and the life he built were lost due to hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical co-pays. Life became very different and solitary. He relocated to a one-room studio outside San Francisco, and has been taking part in the largest-yet studies on his disease at Stanford. That room became his de-facto art studio.

Michael describes that his life for 8 years turned into an isolated existence, that most relationships had become virtual, except for home infusion nurses and very occasional visitors. The most recent transformation in his art career, and what you see featured on ArtLifting, occurred when he received an iPhone on a family plan, and an artist friend suggested they start a photo-a-day project. Michael describes that “this became a search to find beautiful or interesting things within an apartment that had only been accumulating painful associations using numerous physical and technical limitations as a means to a unique style and meaning. This also unexpectedly led to a relationship, a partner—something that had long seemed a lost part of life.” 

In this past few years, his life has welcomed big changes and transitions. He got married and relocated to Santa Cruz. Michael can occasionally get outside for short walks and is now close to a lot of natural beauty. Nearly all of the photos use things he collects while outdoors. He then brings the objects, whatever they may be, back to photograph when he is feeling well enough. The photos are often expressionistic—an attempt to make things look like something other than what they are—such as paintings, sea creatures, or landscapes. He aims to convey emotions and feelings and for viewers to see and find interesting corners of his world. 

To learn more about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), please visit the Open Medicine Foundation and follow the groundbreaking study mentioned in Michael’s bio. In addition, see the multiple award-winning documentary, Unrest, created by a woman living with the disease. 

More Artwork by Michael Van Huffel

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Prints by Michael Van Huffel (he/him/his)

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Actual Antiquity
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All The Lights
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Almost Amber
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Architecture
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Balancing Act
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Beauty Mark
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Big Bang Boom
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Black Forest
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Breaking Glass
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Bright Tahoe
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Butterflies Hideout
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon
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Champagne Lipstick
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Chemistry (See Figure One)
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Cherry Cola
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Cleopatra (Was Actually Greek)
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Copper and Silver
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Cosmic Jellies
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Don't Play in Traffic
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Einstein's Hairdo
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Entropy, Hi!
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Etched in Water and Stormy Light
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Everything Was Illuminated
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Eye of Newt
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Hai-an Range
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Heritage Curves
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Hidden Beach
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How It All Starts
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I Had to Go Over There
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I'd Like to See Japan
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I'm Not Groot
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In Slow Motion
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Intersection(s)
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Intertwined
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Into and Under
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Into the Deep
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It Looked Better Like this
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It's All Here
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Lake Tahoe Sunset
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Lake, Mountain and Sky
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Lavender Martini
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Light Catcher
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Light Leaks
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Machine Shop
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Matter Is Energy, and Vice Versa
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May 31st, 1985
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Natural Bridges 3 PM
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Night Light
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Not Done Being Beautiful
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Oregon with Ricky
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Plum Blossom
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Poseidon's Dream
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Rabbit Ears
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Reaching Up in the Dark
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Satellite 1
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Satellite 2
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Satellite 3
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She, So Beloved
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Shinjuku Station
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Soft and Spiky
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Space, Water, Ice, Signed
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Sundown Stage Left
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Sympathetic Vibrations
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Sympathetic Vibrations 2
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Tangerine Superhighway
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The Blue Deep
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The Cyclone at Idora Park
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The Fourth State of Matter
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The Mothership in Bloom
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The Other Rainbow
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The Other Side
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The Samurai vs the Serpent
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The Sky and The Deep
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There's a Lot Going On
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Tiger Tail 2
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Tilt a Whirl
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Top of the Crest
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Underwater at Night
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Violet Arch
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Waiting for the Signal
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Water Shiver
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Well Somebody's Gotta Hold Up the Sky
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World of Tomorrow
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You Strike the Rock
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A Purple Ghost
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Acceleration
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Acceleration
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Actual Antiquity
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All The Lights
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Almost Amber
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Anglehead
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Antimatter
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Arcs
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Ariel
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