Born and raised in Flint, Michigan in 1959, Traverse City became Greg Seman's adopted hometown in 1990.
Greg's lifelong fascination of black and white photography began at age twelve, when he taught himself to
develop film and contact print; a passion that has continued to this day. He now photographs with 4x5 and 8x10
inch film cameras, exposing and developing each sheet of film individually, and printing the black and white
negative himself on silver gelatin paper in the darkroom. The effort applied to each negative and print reflects
Greg's respect and passion for Michigan and his intention to portrait its uniqueness. Living in the northern
Michigan region has been essential to his body of work; observing the shoreline transition from season to
season and photographing on his daily commute or lunch hour, witnessing moments of dramatic change.
Evenings allow for a time of exploration and becoming intimate with areas on the coast of Lake Michigan.
Greg has studied photography at Rochester Institute of Technology and with photographers, Howard Bond
and John Sexton. Michigan legendary photography dealer, Tom Halsted has been an unrelenting advocate,
believer and critic in producing the Lake Michigan body of work - himself captivated by the region on his
many visits over the past decade. Greg's work has been collected nationally and has been exhibited and
held in the permanent collections of the Dennos Museum, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, University of
Michigan Museum of Art, and the Toledo Institute of Arts.
Gregory D. Seman
12935 S. West Bay Shore Drive, Ste 360
Traverse City, MI 49684
231.922.7777 |
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