War Machines

• Photographer
  Michael McRuiz, United States
• Website
  http://www.michael-mcruiz.com
• Instagram
  michael_mcruiz_war_machines

This is a series of digital composite images composed largely of public domain photos
found on various internet sites. They are political and cultural satires on current
political figures and movements.

I am an artist/photographer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where I am an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Tulsa Community College. I studied painting at the University of Tulsa, earning BFA and MA degrees. I took up photography shortly after graduation and I approach the medium from a painter’s perspective. My photographic skills came about largely through self-education.

Awards Camera Portfolio Magazine Photographic Invitational Competition, honorable mention, 1981.

Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of College Photography, 4th place award, 1986.

Hays Art Council Five-State Exhibition, Hays, Kansas, second place award in photography, 1989.

Kansas City Artists Coalition Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror’s award, 1989.

Charlotte National Juried Exhibition, purchase award, 1990.

National Park Service annual Share the Experience photography competition winner, honorable mention, 2014.

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Competition, Paris. Honorable mention award, 2017.

Photographer’s Forum 38th Annual Spring Photography Competition. Honorable mention award, 2018.