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Michael Hess (b. 1977) is a photographer based in Berlin.

Interested in little-explored society groups, he spent two years capturing the UK's hip-hop scene. After a chance visit to a bingo club in Southampton, he began a four-year project on bingo. He's also worked on stories like an American road trip with an aspiring musician, women in Iran and a controversial concrete block of flats.

His work has been exhibited in London's Host Gallery, Cardiff's Millennium Centre and London's Book Club. Bingo & Social Club is his first book.
The Book Club London, 2011
Bingo & Social Club

The Outside World Gallery London, 2010

Bingo & Social Club

HOST Gallery, Foto8 Summershow London, 2010

Bingo & Social Club

HOST Gallery, Foto8 Summershow London, 2008

A Strange Place for Trees

Millennium Centre Cardiff, 2008

SlamJam

Harbour Lights Picturehouse Southampton, 2005

Golden Mount
The Guardian
Interview by Andrew Pulver, 2011
The Independent
Photo slideshow, 2011
The Telegraph
Audio slideshow, 2011
CreativeReview
Exhibition review, 2011
AnOther
Interview by Lucia Davies, 2011
Photosense
Exhibition review by Oran Blackwood, 2011
IDOL
Interview by Liz Foggit, 2011
Nude Magazine
Book review by Suzy Prince, 2011
Who's Jack
Interview by Lu Orcheston-Findlay, 2011
The Other Side Magazine
Interview, 2011