Michael Barone is a Bucks County, Pennsylvania art photographer who has been working in the medium since an Introduction to Photography course at the University of Delaware in the early 1980s.^[1] Barone's photographs of the nude form are often charged with social and political themes. His work has been critically acclaimed^[2] and has appeared in solo and group shows throughout the United States. He recently^[when?] released his first book, Contours and Shadows, which is a retrospective collection of his over twenty years of work.^[3]

Barone also brings his artistic eye to the public through his wedding, portrait and commercial photography.^[4]