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J. Michael Johnson Photography
1 Moultrie Drive
Taylors, South Carolina 29687
864-979-6046 phone

Email: jmjphoto@aol.com
Web Site: JMichael.smugmug.com


It’s Not The Destination It’s The Journey

J. Michael travels to many motorcycle rallies, the Smoky Mountains, Cades Cove, Yellowstone National Park and other special places each year. Everyone is invited to visit J. Michael's web site to see his galleries showing where his photographic travels have taken him.


April 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, 2008, I photographed "The Wall That Heals" on the campus of the University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina. You are invited to visit the five gallery's of Moving Wall images taken during the University of South Carolina Upstate 40th year celebration. Four of these gallery's are in the featured gallery's section of this page.


I can be found at the Wall, in Washington, D.C., during Rolling Thunder XXI, May 23 to 25, 2008. Feel free to say “hello”, if you see me.

J. Michael will be glad to Capture Memories of Your Lifestyle. You can contact J. Michael or drop by where he is photographing a Motorcycle Rally or and Event to make arrangements for him to capture your special memories of a Special Occasion.


J. Michael was born and raised in East Tennessee and has lived in the southeast United States all his life. He began taking images and working in his darkroom over thirty years ago and has traveled extensively across the United States and the world to capture images of many different subjects. J. Michael’s love of photographing the motorcycle lifestyle, other subjects and his self-taught methods along with formal courses and in-field seminars with nationally known photographers, have defined the subjects he has photographed and written about over the years.

J. Michael started JMJ Photo in 1997, and since then has accumulated a large and varied collection of images, ranging from motorcycle rallies to nature and wildlife scenes. In addition to photographing Yellowstone National Park, he has traveled and photographed extensively in the Smoky Mountains and photographed the shore lines of the southeast United States.

J. Michael’s photographic and written work about Daytona’s Bike Week, as well as many other motorcycle rallies and events have been featured many times since 1997 in “Easyriders”, “Biker” and “In The Wind” magazines published by Paisano Publications, Inc. Lehman Trikes of Canada has published J. Michael’s work in their Pride Matters magazine. He has provided commercial photography services to a various companies in the motorcycle industry. His renown in motorcycle lifestyle photography has resulted in his giving slide shows to numerous motorcycle clubs, churches and civic groups. His most requested images are of the Vietnam veterans visiting the “Moving Wall” and the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial” in Washington DC during “Rolling Thunder” events.

March 12, 2007 through August 18, 2007 the Spartanburg Art Museum exhibited J. Michael’s Bikers: “Expression of Freedom” a photojournalist’s journey into the motorcycle lifestyle that is so often shied away from by civilians and journalists. The more than one hundred images comprising this show were taken at a variety of Daytona Beach, Florida, Bike Week rallies and at Rolling Thunder events in Washington, D.C.

This collection of images documents bikers and biker ladies riding on Daytona’s Main Street and the serious side of these bikers and biker ladies as they remember the Vietnam era, showing them riding from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day to remember a fallen comrade, a brother, a sister or a father whose name is now engraved forever in the black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Images the general public never hears about or sees.

J. Michael’s color and black and white photographs captured the Spirit of America and its precious Freedom of Speech.

J. Michael has included the greater part of the exhibited images in the three galley's titled Bikers: Expression of Freedom” on this page.

Many of J. Michael’s, fine art prints are in private collections

J. Michael is a member of the American Image Press/Today’s Photographer Magazine, Lewisville, North Carolina and is on the Board of Trusses, of The Spartanburg Art Museum.



Ellen’s Delicatessen, 845 S. Buncombe Road, Greer, SC 29650, 864-877-1227 is exhibiting J. Michael. Views of Nature, September 03, 2007 through July 31, 2008. This show is a collection nature images taken in Cades Cove, the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Basketland part of Ohio and the Sonoran Desert that surrounds the north side Phoenix, Arizona


Happenings over the next few months:

Art Exhibts

Please visit the Spartanburg Art Museum’s web sitehttp://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org, for details of present and future art exhibits in their new building

A portion of J. Michael’s “Bikers: “Expression of Freedom”
is on exhibit, August 31, 2007 through July 31, 2008 at Cherokee Trikes and More
1877A Hwy 14South
Greer South Carolina 29650
864 879 2119 phone
Please visit Cherokee Trikes web sitehttp://www.cherokeetrikes.com

J. Michael’s Views of Nature is on exhibit
September 03, 2007 through July 31, 2008 at
Ellen’s Delicatessen 845 S. Buncombe Road Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864-877-1227
Please visit Ellen’s Delicatessen web site:http://ellensdeli.com/


Will Be At

Cherokee Survivors Motorcycle Rally and Concerts
Cherokee, North Carolina
April 25 through 27, 2008 Spring Rally
September 05 through 07, 2008 Fall Rally
Please visit Cherokee Survivors web site:http://www.cherokeerally.com

Rolling Thunder XXI
Washington DC
May 22 through 26, 2008

Featured Galleries

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: Apr 28, 2008 5:53pm PST

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC  Sunday May 25 2008 : Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Sunday May 25 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Sunday May 25 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Sunday May 25 2008

Updated: Jul 01, 2008 8:38pm PST

"The Wall That Heals",  Saturday April 19, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Saturday April 19, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: May 01, 2008 10:48pm PST

Rolling Thunder XXI   Washington DC Saturday May 24 2008 : Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Saturday May 24 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Saturday May 24 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Saturday May 24 2008

Updated: Jul 02, 2008 12:10pm PST

Galleries

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: Apr 28, 2008 5:53pm PST

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC  Sunday May 25 2008 : Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Sunday May 25 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Sunday May 25 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Sunday May 25 2008

Updated: Jul 01, 2008 8:38pm PST

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008 US Military Vets M/C : US Military Vets M/C at Moving Wall on the The USC upstate, campus Spartanburg, SC

"The Wall That Heals", Sunday April 20, 2008 US Military Vets M/C

US Military Vets M/C at Moving Wall on the The USC upstate, campus Spa ...

Updated: Jun 17, 2008 10:58pm PST

Rolling Thunder XXI   Washington DC Saturday May 24 2008 : Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Saturday May 24 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Saturday May 24 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Saturday May 24 2008

Updated: Jul 02, 2008 12:10pm PST

"The Wall That Heals",  Saturday April 19, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Saturday April 19, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: May 01, 2008 10:48pm PST

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Friday May 23, 2008 : Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Friday May 23 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Washington DC Friday May 23, 2008

Rolling Thunder XXI Images Taken at The Wall, Friday May 23 2008

Updated: Jul 02, 2008 9:20am PST

"The Wall That Heals",  Friday,   April 18, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Friday, April 18, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: May 09, 2008 11:11pm PST

Yellowstone National Park October 2007 : Wildlife and Landscapes Scenes

Yellowstone National Park October 2007

Wildlife and Landscapes Scenes

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 11:14am PST

"The Wall That Heals",  Thursday, April 17, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: May 15, 2008 12:30am PST

Smoky Mountains : Mountain Scenes

Smoky Mountains

Mountain Scenes

Updated: Jun 18, 2007 9:24am PST

"The Wall That Heals", Wednesday April 16, 2008 : The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

"The Wall That Heals", Wednesday April 16, 2008

The Moving Wall on the The University of South Carolina Upstate,campus ...

Updated: May 15, 2008 2:23pm PST

Carolina Flower Blooms : Flowers in Up State South Carolina

Carolina Flower Blooms

Flowers in Up State South Carolina

Updated: Apr 15, 2008 1:18pm PST

Rolling Thunder XX  Washington DC : Rolling Thunder XX Images Taken at The Wall, May 24-27, 2007

Rolling Thunder XX Washington DC

Rolling Thunder XX Images Taken at The Wall, May 24-27, 2007

Updated: Jul 08, 2007 12:10pm PST

Phoenix, AZ. : Desert Scenes

Phoenix, AZ.

Desert Scenes

Updated: Jun 18, 2007 10:36am PST

Daytona Bike Week 2008 : Views on Main Street

Daytona Bike Week 2008

Views on Main Street

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 8:51am PST

Cades Cove : Scenes From The 11 Mile Loop

Cades Cove

Scenes From The 11 Mile Loop

Updated: Sep 24, 2007 11:15am PST

Daytona Bike Week 2007 : Views on Main Street

Daytona Bike Week 2007

Views on Main Street

Updated: May 03, 2007 1:34pm PST

Views of Nature : Smoky Mountains, Cades Cove, Sonoran Desert and Ohio

Views of Nature

Smoky Mountains, Cades Cove, Sonoran Desert and Ohio

Updated: Sep 12, 2007 9:23am PST

The Deathtrap III Trike : Images of this award winning trike were taken at Biketoberfest 2007

The Deathtrap III Trike

Images of this award winning trike were taken at Biketoberfest 2007

Updated: Mar 26, 2008 8:09pm PST

Basketland of Ohio :

Basketland of Ohio

Updated: Sep 27, 2007 9:01pm PST

Bikers: Expression of Freedom : Vietnam Era images that was on exhibit at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Bikers: Expression of Freedom

Vietnam Era images that was on exhibit at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Updated: Aug 12, 2007 2:35pm PST

Bikers: Expression of Freedom : Daytona Street Scenes that was exhibited at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Bikers: Expression of Freedom

Daytona Street Scenes that was exhibited at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Updated: Aug 21, 2007 2:49am PST

Bikers:Expression of Freedom : Memories of Al (pops) Gannon, exhibited at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Bikers:Expression of Freedom

Memories of Al (pops) Gannon, exhibited at The Spartanburg Art Museum

Updated: Feb 08, 2008 7:08am PST