Michael Going, Los Angeles based photographic artist and educator, has long been internationally recognized as the premier photographer of hand altered Polaroid SX-70 photography.

Cited as the "Master of the Manipulated Polaroid" (Photo District News).
Going was first celebrated for ground breaking editorial essays for Sports Illustrated,
Time and many other leading national publications as well as the first ever use of altered Polaroids for major national advertising campaigns for Hyatt Resorts and other leading companies.

Michael Going's unique vision has been profiled in leading publications such as Communication Arts, American Photographer, Photo/Design and numerous others.

Since 1978, besides the commercial and editorial assignments, he created
a vast body of personal work, including essays on Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Hawaii and numerous other subjects and explorations.

Mr. Going's work is in museums such as Maison Europeene de la Photographie in Paris, corporate collections such as the Polaroid Corporation and Frito-Lay as well as numerous private collections.

In 2005 Polaroid Corp ceased making the Time Zero film and ended an era of altered Polaroid imagery.

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Signed limited edition prints of his work are available
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Read about the process and artist statement

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Photographer's note: I created over 4,000 hand altered Polaroids plus over 12,000 that were not altered.
The portfolios show examples of that personal, editorial and commercial work
created from 1978-2006. The photographs are presented in rough chronological order. Particular emphasis is given to Los Angeles because I live here, and have frequently concentrated my creativie efforts on changing interest list of different areas of Los Angeles.