Michael Reichmann

Michael H. Reichmann
Born	(1944-06-25)25 June 1944[1] England[2]
Died	18 May 2016(2016-05-18) (aged 71)[1][3][4] Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resting place	Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre, Toronto, Canada
Nationality	British/Canadian
Siglum	MR
Education	Bachelor in Philosophy and Political Science[2]
Known for	Batteries Included, Luminous Landscape
Spouse	Teya Wendie Flaster[1]

Michael H. Reichmann (25 June 1944[1] – 18 May 2016[4]), better known by his monogram MR, was a Canadian landscape, travel and street fine-arts photographer, as well as videographer, author, blogger, workshopper, independent technical consultant, camera tester, software developer and entrepreneur.

Reichmann was the president of Batteries Included in the mid-1980s. In his various capacities at Batteries Included, he was frequently interviewed in consumer and industry publications such as InfoWorld.

He founded one of the earliest web sites dedicated to photography, The Luminous Landscape (LuLa), between 1995 and 1997.[2] In his last years, he created the Luminous Endowment project, a charitable fund to assist talented photographers through grants. Both projects are continued by Kevin Raber and others.[4]

Reichmann proposed a new digital exposure method called exposing to the right (ETTR) in 2003.[5][6] He was also an advocate of open raw image file formats.

Reichmann died in 2016 of bladder cancer.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12][4]

See also

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
• Sinar[2]
• Panasonic[2]
• Voice over IP[2]
• The Nature Conservancy[2]
• OpenRAW

References

1. "In memory of Michael Reichmann, June 25, 1944 - May 18, 2016". Mount Pleasant Group - Funeral Centres and Cemeteries. 2016-05-21. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
2. Morrissey, James (2005-03-14). "Artist Showcase: Michael Reichmann". The Nature, Wildlife and Pet Photography Forum. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
3. "Deaths: Reichmann, Michael". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc. 2016-05-21. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
4. Raber, Kevin (2016-05-19). "It's A Sad Day For Luminous-Landscape". The Luminous Landscape. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
5. Reichmann, Michael (2003-07-31). "Expose (to the) Right - Maximizing S/N Ratio in Digital Photography". The Luminous Landscape. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
6. Reichmann, Michael (August 2011). "Optimizing Exposure - Why Do Camera Makers Give Us 19th Century Exposures With Our 21st Century Cameras?". The Luminous Landscape. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
7. Britton, Barney (2016-05-19). "Michael Reichmann, founder of Luminous-Landscape, dies aged 71". Digital Photography Review. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
8. Cheesman, Chris (2016-05-20). "Photographers pay tribute to Luminous-Landscape founder Michael Reichmann who dies at 71". Amateur Photographer. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
9. "Michael Reichmann has passed - Michael Reichmann has died". LensWork Publishing. 2016-05-19. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
10. Etchells, Dave (2016-05-20). "Photography world loses an artist, visionary and mentor: Michael Reichmann dies at 71". Memories - people. Imaging Resource. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
11. Vieten, Martin (2016-05-20). "Gründer von Luminous Landscape: Michael Reichmann verstorben" (in German). photoscala. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
12. Reichmann, Michael (2012-12-10). "On A Personal Note". The Luminous Landscape. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-07.

Further reading

• Ellison, Peter (February–March 1985). "Canada's Atari". ROM Magazine (10): 7. Archived from the original on 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
• McGinn, Dave (2018-04-27) [2008-12-13]. "Standing the test of time(pieces)". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

External links

• Mike Reichmann at IMDb
• "The Luminous Landscape" project
• "The Luminous Endowment" project