Fine art photographer & author. Two books, one journey: In Pursuit of Light, out Dec 1, 2026, and Where the Light Lands, coming soon. https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/15NgTMRJue
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"Maybe it was hiding in the mess, waiting for someone willing to look."
Where did you last find beauty you weren't expecting?
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In Pursuit of Light is out Dec 1. Preorder the audiobook on Downpour: downpour.com/products/book-2… More at michaeldoven.com
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"Life will hand you your own version of mile eighteen."
Then the fuel hits. Not just surviving — running.
Part 3.
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"On the other side of what looks impossible, you don't just find a finish line.
You find a new version of who you are."
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"This was the moment I knew my purpose as a photographer — and that I would never stop admiring light."
What was your moment?
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"Never again."
Out of fuel at the aid station, I made a deal with myself: if this works at all, I am not dropping out.
Part 2.
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In Pursuit of Light is out Dec 1. Preorder the audiobook on Downpour: downpour.com/products/book-2… More at michaeldoven.com
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"I did not set out to become a photographer."
Water, mountains and light taught me how to see.
What taught you?
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"You begin to see when the world opens up… and when it closes."
Dawn light on snow. Evening light in desert canyons.
Which light stops you in your tracks?
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"So I do the unthinkable. I turn around." Deep into an Ironman, Michael Doven did the one thing a race tells you never to do. Part 1. #InPursuitOfLight #Audiobook #Memoir #BookTwitter #Ironman
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"Who am I, really… when there is no finish line, no stopwatch… no cheering crowd?" Michael Doven reads from In Pursuit of Light. Coming Dec 1. #InPursuitOfLight #Audiobook
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"I could learn to see differently." Michael Doven reads from In Pursuit of Light. Coming Dec 1. #InPursuitOfLight #audiobook
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"The fire wasn't what finally broke me. Kindness did." Michael Doven reads from In Pursuit of Light. Coming Dec 1. #InPursuitOfLight #Audiobook
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When things go wrong, can you still keep climbing? Michael Doven reads from In Pursuit of Light. #InPursuitOfLight #Audiobook
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"We had only one, and we did not realize that until that very moment." Hear Michael read it — pre-order the In Pursuit of Light audiobook: downpour.com/products/book-2… #InPursuitOfLight
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"To be burned by life and still recognize beauty." In Pursuit of Light — a memoir by Michael Doven. Coming December 1. michaeldoven.com #InPursuitOfLight
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"I learned to notice and follow light." In Pursuit of Light — a memoir by Michael Doven. Coming December 1. michaeldoven.com #InPursuitOfLight
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See this Instagram video by @mdoven instagram.com/reel/DTWv1vogG…
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Doven in Hanalei #photography #travel #beach #sunset #nature #sunrise #surf youtu.be/xaS9flUqJZU?si=bA0N… via @YouTube
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See this Instagram photo by @mdoven instagram.com/p/DSNuy3SEij8/…
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