Soutpiel, 2016
Michael Adno
I'm Mike, a writer and a photographer that lives in Sarasota, Florida.
In the shadow of WWII, my grandfather, a Jewish refugee, returned to Vienna, Austria and wed a war bride who waved the Nazis into the 1st District as he fled by foot across the Rhine. Eighteen years later, a letter revealed his infidelity, and their marriage dissolved. My grandmother left for South Africa, and soon my mother followed. In Johannesburg, my mother met Barry, the son of dressmakers and diamond miners from the Eastern Rand. After a spell in New York, they made their way south to Florida where I was born with little tether to the place. It's part of why I've spent so much time making work about the American South.
A few years ago, I moved back to my hometown, Sarasota, where I'm working on a book, "A Stranger in Our House," about how a traumatic brain injury altered the arc of my family's lives after a car accident in Mexico, the history of the injury in America stretching back to before the Civil War, and what a meaningful life looks like now.
Contact
michaeladno@gmail.com
(941) 726-4752
Represented by Janis Donnaud
Please give me a shout. I'd love to hear from you.
Select Clients
The New York Times
The Bitter Southerner
The New Yorker
The Guardian
The Surfer's Journal
Bloomberg Businessweek
Emocean Magazine
Aperture Magazine
Rolling Stone Magazine
The Washington Post
Bonefish & Tarpon Journal
The Oxford American
The Boston Globe
Garden & Gun
Men's Journal
Southern Living
The Miami Herald
National Geographic Magazine
Outside Magazine
Monster Children
Camera Austria
Void Magazine
Wax Magazine
Hyperallergic
YETI
Wildsam Field Guides
Noah
Christie's Auction House
Artsy Magazine
Indoek
AT&T
Art Basel Magazine
Guernica Magazine
At Large Magazine
Awards & Fellowships
Green Eyeshade Award for Business Reporting, 2021
James Beard Award for Profile, 2019
Research Fellowship, University of Florida, 2019
Culture Builds Florida Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, 2019
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Finalist, 2017
Puffin Foundation Grant for Photography, 2016
John Ringling Towers Fellowship, 2015
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Fellowship, 2015 + 2014
Residencies
Key West Literary Seminar, 2020, 2019, 2018
Hermitage Artist Retreat 2020, 2016
Writer's Room, The Betsy Hotel, 2019
Keyholder Residency, Lower Eastside Printshop, 2015
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2015
Vermont Studio Center, 2014
Select Press
What to Cook This Week, Sam Sifton, The New York Times
The Salads You Desire, Sam Sifton, The New York Times
New York Today Newsletter, Juliana Kim, The New York Times
The Bitter Southerner's Best of 2020
The Daily Briefing, Campbell Roberston, The New York Times
The Bitter Southerner's Best of 2019
What to Cook This Week, Sam Sifton, The New York Times
The Bitter Southerner's Best of 2018
What to Cook This Week, Sam Sifton, The New York Times
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