Michael Fagans enjoys telling people’s stories. His journey has taken him to the Navajo Nation, Malawi, India, Afghanistan, Scotland, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Belize, and Guatemala. He
graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and was the National Press Photographers Association’s 2005 Photographer of the Year for New York state and Ontario and Quebec provinces. His photography clients include The Center for Investigative Reporting, United Way of Kern County, Epigraph Records, Kern Food Policy Council, The New York Times, and the National Journal. He resides in Bakersfield, California.