Background
Mikkel F. Aaland was born in 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Aaland studied at California State University in Chico, California, where he received a BA in photo-journalism in 1974.
Career
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.
The artist's work includes portraits in medium formats and reportage in 35mm. He also writes regularly for books, magazines and newspapers.
PUBLICATIONS Book: Sweat: The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna . . . , inch text, 1978. Periodicals: Popular Photography Annual, 1980; Foto, 1979.
COLLECTIONS Oakland Mus., Calif. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Muséet Moderne, Stockholm.
Membership
He is a member of the NPPA and the Media Alliance.
Personality
Physical Characteristics: From 1972 to 1974 Aaland distinguished himself in sports and was an All-American Swimmer.
