Background
Mikkel F. Aaland was born on June 3, 1952 in San Francisco, United States, and grew up in nearby Livermore, California.
(SWEAT BATHING HAS BEEN as common to people as the making ...)
SWEAT BATHING HAS BEEN as common to people as the making of bread and the squeezing of the grape. Numerous cultures through history have discovered that the sweat bath, in one form or another, enlivens both body and spirit. Although sweat bathing has only recently entered America’s contemporary life, it thrived here long before Columbus in the form of sweat lodges and temescals. Aaland spent three years on his pilgrimage sweating with people in far parts of the world-in the ancient smoke saunas (savusaunas) of rural Finland, boisterous banias in Russia, neighborly temescals in a Mexican village, and a Navajo sweat lodge in the Southwest.
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1978
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These portraits were made in a portable studio that was hauled from fair to fair between 1976 and 1980. The studio was complete with darkroom and a shooting stage and it took a crew of three to run it: a shooter (me), a front person to handle customers and a darkroom person to develop and print the 4x5 inch negative. The entire process, when going smoothly, took about fifteen minutes.
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1981
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"Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self," discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest’s plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines, Iceland to South Africa, he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way, he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction, encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion, struggles with the uncertainties of love, and learns to face life with an open heart. The Sword of Heaven tells the extraordinary true story of a journey in which all boundaries are pushedgeographical, cultural, and personaland in which the healing of the world and the healing of one man appear to be inextricably linked. Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self,” discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest’s plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines, Iceland to South Africa, he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way, he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction, encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion, struggles with the uncertainties of love, and learns to face life with an open heart.
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1999
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2003
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2006
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2007
(This is an illustrated, how-to-build guide to constructin...)
This is an illustrated, how-to-build guide to constructing your own sauna or sweat bath. The author is Mikkel Aaland, a universally recognized authority on sweat bathing cultures around the world. The 80-page booklet comes complete with simple, straightforward instructions and designs that accommodate just about any budget and a variety of building skills.
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2013
(The River in My Backyard is more than an exploration into...)
The River in My Backyard is more than an exploration into the world of patricide, madness and ghost genes. Ending with a dramatic pilgrimage to holy Mt. Kailash, and atonement for a brother’s sins, it provides an inspiring roadmap to inner peace and healing. The book is beautifully illustrated with both the author’s photographs and vintage family reproductions.
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2016
Mikkel F. Aaland was born on June 3, 1952 in San Francisco, United States, and grew up in nearby Livermore, California.
Aaland was an Eagle Scout who attended Livermore High School, where he played football. He studied at California State University in Chico, California, where he received a BA in photojournalism in 1974.
Aaland has worked as the part-time manager of Foote Photos - a portable portrait studio - since 1971. Since 1974 he has been working as a freelance photographer and writer. He founded and organized the 1974 Northern California Photo-Communications Conference, which has since turned into an annual event. From 1972 to 1974 Aaland distinguished himself in sports and was an All-American Swimmer. He is a member of the NPPA and the Media Alliance. The artist's work includes portraits in medium formats and reportage in 35mm. He also writes regularly for books, magazines and newspapers.
("Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of ...)
1999(The River in My Backyard is more than an exploration into...)
2016(These portraits were made in a portable studio that was h...)
1981(SWEAT BATHING HAS BEEN as common to people as the making ...)
1978(This is an illustrated, how-to-build guide to constructin...)
2013Mikkel is married, has two daughters.
