Michael Sofronski was born and raised in New York City. After graduating from Emerson College with a B.A. in Communications, Michael moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry.  For five years, he apprenticed as a camera assistant with master cinematographer John A. Alonzo, who counts among his credits "Chinatown" and "Scarface." With this experience Michael decided to pursue his career as a photographer in New York City, where he has been working ever since.

A regular contributor to the New York Post, Michael is represented by Polaris Images  and The Image Works. His work has been published in leading news magazines (including Newsweek, Time and US News & World Report), city publications (including The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Village Voice), and entertainment weeklies (including People, The Star and US), in addition to MANY other publications globally.
Michael has volunteered his time as a photographer on behalf of charitable organizations such as Doctors Without Borders (in South America), UNICEF (in India),  with AmeriCares (in Mississippi, covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).  Michael has traveled around the world as photojournalist.



Michael's  project  "The Last Bohemians," a photo exhibition documenting aging artists, performers and writers who came up in the West Village of Manhattan from the 1940s through the 1970s. "The Last Bohemians" was shown at Manhattan's Westbeth Gallery, and received a four-week extension due to popular demand. The exhibit was mentioned in The Daily News' "Daily Dish," The Villager's "A List," The New York Post's "Hot List," The New Yorker's "Talk of The Town" and appeared as a half-page story in the City section of The New York Times.


Michael is in The International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 IATSE and is currently pursuing work as a motion picture Stills photographer.