Michael C. Mitchell

Artist Biography

After serving for years as the family photographer, upon retirement as an aerospace industry executive in 2011 Mike turned in earnest to his longstanding interest in photography.  He bought a new camera, took lessons from a talented local photography teacher, and joined a local camera club.  An avid outdoorsman Mike’s hiking, backpacking, cycling, and cross-country skiing activities in the last ten years have led him to many attractive photography subjects in nature.  Travel in recent years to the Caribbean, Cuba, England, France, Ireland, and Italy, as well as throughout the United States, has resulted in a rich digital portfolio of nature, cultural images, architecture, street photography, vehicles old and new, and abstracts.  Mike is a member of the North Bethesda Camera Club where he has participated in club competitions and in many club field trips.  Mike was one of the featured photographers in the “Viewfinders: Eight Photographers”, Hill Center Galleries exhibit in March/April 2018 in Washington, DC with his “Four Seasons in the C&O Canal National Park” exhibit.  Later that year he was selected for an entry in The Hill Center Galleries juried photography show.   He also participated in the 2018 Haverford School Arts Festival, and was the featured alumni artist in the School’s 2019 Arts Festival with fourteen images from his photography travels in Cuba.  He initiated and participated in the Kenwood Country Club Member Art Shows in 2018 and 2019.  In early 2019 he had three photographs on display in the Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis.   In November 2019 he organized and participated in the congregation art show at Bethesda United Methodist Church.  In early 2020 Mike participated in “Two Photographers – Two Views” at the National United Methodist Church.  Examples of his photography are on permanent display at Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.  As he did in “Two Photographers – Two Views”, in this virtual exhibit sponsored by NUMC, Mike has selected images from C&O Canal National Park to reflect the natural beauty of the Park found at all times of the year.