In 1976 Michael Russ moved to Paris and continued with artistically manipulating his silver gelatin prints.
Adding hand coloring and masking and solarization to his black and white, or chemically toned images.
Applying these photographic techniques lends a painterly aspect to the grainy black and white images as though they come off the silver screen.
Thus displaying a very personal distinctive style, characteristic for his work.

By Russ` own accord, his grasp of paintings developed early on through the work of German expressionists like Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann and Otto Dix.
In his treatment of color, he especially admired Marc Chagall.
 His work was published in major fashion, lifestyle and avant-garde magazines, GUNNARS, Mode International, Mode Avant Guarde,  PHOTO Magazine, Zoom(photography magazine), as well as German Playboy (magazine), Photo Reporter and cover art to IL Magazine.
He also contributed sequential 'sujets de chambre' to Vogue magazine
His erotic postcard edition "The Compagnie" became part of the permanent collection of the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, an annex to the Louvre museum.

The post productive darkroom work was part to the graphic picture sequence.
He incorporated the perforation of 35mm film and visual soundtracks to resemble snippets of motion picture film.
Results of these experiments were published as a sequence in Vogue Hommes under the title ”L' initiative au feminine” using fashion as accessories.
A Portfolio 'Michael Russ ou la beaute du grain' was published in Vogue Hommes in November 1980.
He was also the artistic consultant to François Mimet's feature film "Mme.
Claude II" (US Title "Intimate Moments"), Accord Productions 1981.
In 1976 Michael Russ moved to Paris and continued with artistically manipulating his silver gelatin prints. Adding hand coloring and masking and solarization to his black and white, or chemically toned images. Applying these photographic techniques lends a painterly aspect to the grainy black and white images as though they come off the silver screen. Thus displaying a very personal distinctive style, characteristic for his work.
By Russ` own accord, his grasp of paintings developed early on through the work of German expressionists like Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. In his treatment of color, he especially admired Marc Chagall.  His work was published in major fashion, lifestyle and avant-garde magazines, GUNNARS, Mode International, Mode Avant Guarde,  PHOTO Magazine, Zoom(photography magazine), as well as German Playboy (magazine), Photo Reporter and cover art to IL Magazine. He also contributed sequential 'sujets de chambre' to Vogue magazine
His erotic postcard edition "The Compagnie" became part of the permanent collection of the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, an annex to the Louvre museum.
The post productive darkroom work was part to the graphic picture sequence. He incorporated the perforation of 35mm film and visual soundtracks to resemble snippets of motion picture film. Results of these experiments were published as a sequence in Vogue Hommes under the title ”L' initiative au feminine” using fashion as accessories. A Portfolio 'Michael Russ ou la beaute du grain' was published in Vogue Hommes in November 1980. He was also the artistic consultant to François Mimet's feature film "Mme. Claude II" (US Title "Intimate Moments"), Accord Productions 1981.
Michael A. Russ