MICHAEL ROSE CAME LATE TO THE GAME OF PHOTOGRAPHY. WHAT DREW MICHAEL IN WAS THE AMAZING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO IN PLACES LIKE PARIS, NEW YORK CITY, AND OTHER URBAN AREAS WHERE PHOTOGRAPHERS LIKE HENRI CARTIER BRESSON CAPTURED ITS PEOPLE DOING ORDINARY THINGS, PORTRAYING THEM IN A VERY COMPELLING WAY. FROM THERE, HE STUDIED PORTRAITURE, LIGHTING, AND EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY, CUTTING HIS TEETH ON SMALL EVENTS, UNTIL HE FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO COVER LARGE SCALE EVENTS, PROFILE PORTRAITS, CORPORATE HEADSHOTS, SOME OF WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN BOSTON AREA MAGAZINES, SUCH AS BOSTON.COM, SOMERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE SCOUT, ETC. HE NOW CONCENTRATES HIS EFFORTS ON WORKING WITH NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS, MAGAZINES, REAL ESTATE COMPLEXES, PROVIDING THEM WITH CORPORATE HEADSHOTS, EVENT COVERAGE, AND PROFILE PICTURES, ALONG WITH WALL IMAGES FOR THEIR CORRIDORS, CONFERENCE ROOMS AND OFFICES.