“Coming Storm”
“Light Breaking Through Trees”
Michael Shoemaker is a poet, writer, photographer and author of Rocky Mountain Reflections (Poets’ Choice, 2023). His photography has appeared in Front Porch Review, Writers on the Range, Littoral Magazine, Yahoo.com, and elsewhere. He lives in Magna, Utah with his wife and son where he enjoys looking out on the Great Salt Lake every day. His online photography portfolio is at: https://michaelshoemaker.crevado.com/
Michael has been awarded an artist residency at the Wolff Cottage in Fairhope, Alabama for October 2025.
Michael has taken photography from his childhood to the present. He remembers carrying his father's light meter while he was shown how to seek and find the beautiful around us.