Michael Wilcox enjoyed a lengthy career in the photographic industry beginning as a manager of a retail camera store and finishing his career as an associate director and division manager for Pentax USA.

In 2008 he began his second career as a fine art photographer. Michael’s photographic efforts are all about the distillation of visual elements. He strives to keep his photographs simple but nuanced. Subject matter can be anything but composition must be simple and direct. His goal is to have no element in a photograph that does not contribute to its visual message.

Michael’s photographs has been published in national publications including USA Today and he has won multiple national awards from the Photographic Society of America. He is recognized as a Master photographer by the Loveland Photographic Society where he has served as competition chair and is currently mentor chair.

He was awarded first place, photography at the Thompson Valley Art League's Regional Fine Art Show and the Cheyenne Railroad Museum annual Rail Art Show. He was one of only two photographers accepted into the 2015 Colorado Governor’s Art Show.