Michael Schwartz was born in 1950 in Queens, NY. He currently lives in Bennington, VT. He has traveled to every continent. He took up photography as a boy and continues with BOTH digital and film cameras. His emphasis is on people of the world, with some landscapes. Michael is also ex-NASA, and has degrees in archeology, physics and physical anthropology (human evolution). He has also been CEO and founder of Prime Factors, Inc., a company still in existence.