TITLE: Yesterdays Heros, WW2 Veterans Portrat Series

Mickey's current portrait focus is his Veterans Portrait Series. He documents veterans' stories of service. He is particularly focused on our Worlds' Greatest Generation. The veterans of World War II.

Mickey interviews each Veteran, collecting and writing their service stories. He archives these fantastic historical figures and their stories for future generations. Mickey has collected and displayed images and stories from over 150 warriors that, at one point, signed the dotted line when our country needed their sacrifice of service most. 
Mickey continues collecting veterans from all services and time frames for the Veterans Portrait Series.

In 2019 the work was displayed at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum from Nov 11, 2019 - to March 1, 2020. This was when the project took on a life of its own and doubled in size.
Mickey and the project were in the national spotlight, featured on the Sunday Today show with Harry Smith. Mickey was interviewed by Petapixel, PBS, and many local news stations, as well as the SD Union Tribune Newspaper in 2022.

In 2022 Mickey photographed over 25 WW2 Veterans and 15 Veterans from other periods and hosted his annual print show in San Diego in November with an open house on Veterans Day at his favorite camera store Nelsons Photo.
You can see the whole collection at WWW.VETERANSPORTRAIT.COM.

AUTHOR: Mickey Strand (United States)

Mickey is a retired Navy Photographers Mate, Chief Petty Officer, and the Leading Chief of the Navy's elite Combat Camera Group Pacific.
Mickey's current portrait focus is his Veterans Portrait Series. He documents veterans' stories of service. He is particularly focused on our Worlds' Greatest Generation. The veterans of World War II.

Mickey interviews each Veteran, collecting and writing their service stories. He archives these fantastic historical figures and their stories for future generations. Mickey has collected and displayed images and stories from over 150 warriors that, at one point, signed the dotted line when our country needed their sacrifice of service most.

Mickey continues collecting veterans from all services and time frames for the Veterans Portrait Series.
In 2019 the work was displayed at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum from Nov 11, 2019 - to March 1, 2020.
Mickey and the project were in the national spotlight, featured on the Sunday Today show with Harry Smith.

In 2022 Mickey photographed over 25 WW2 Veterans and 15 Veterans from other periods and hosted his annual print show in San Diego in November with an open house on Veterans Day at his favorite camera store Nelsons Photo.
You can see the whole collection at WWW.VETERANSPORTRAIT.COM.