Christopher P. Michel is an American photographer and entrepreneur, who founded Military.com. He is the current artist in residence at the National Academies.

Early life and career

Michel attended the University of Illinois. He served as a flight officer in the

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, and later as a lieutenant commander in the reserves. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998, and returned to the school as an entrepreneur-in-residence in 2010.

Career

Business

In 2000, Michel founded Military.com, an early website providing news and practical information about the military for active service members, veterans, and their family members. It was acquired by Monster.com in 2004. In 2006, he founded Affinity Labs, a company building social networking and career-building sites for professional communities. It was acquired by Monster.com in 2008. In 2010, his work with these companies was profiled in ''The Intelligent Entrepreneur''. In 2008 he started an early stage investment firm, Nautilus Ventures.'

Writing and photography

From 2005 to 2009 he wrote ''The Military Advantage'', a guide to veterans benefits. Starting in 2009, publication was taken over by the Naval Institute Press. He is a nature and portrait photographer, producing collections for the Navy and for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he advised on climate communication. In 2021 he became their first artist in residence, producing a portrait series of American scientists. He has taught photography at the Esalen Institute and Santa Fe Workshops, and was an ambassador for Leica Camera.

Selected photographs

Robert Sapolsky in 2023 A 16.jpg, Robert Sapolsky (2023) Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpg, Emperor penguin in Antarctica (2013) Humpback Whales - Flickr - Christopher.Michel (38).jpg, Humpback whale (2014) Tenzin Gyatso - 14th Dalai Lama (2012).jpg, Dalai Lama (2012) A_woman_of_Papua_New_Guinea_with_facepaint.jpg, Woman in

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(2004)

References

External links

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Flickr account
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