Michael Fizer was born February 14, 1959, in Phoenix, Ariz. Mike's dad flew F-100s in the Air Force and Mike had his sights on the Air Force Academy to follow in his fathers footsteps. In 1974, at the age of 15, Mike received his first camera for his birthday. On his first photo shoot he went with a friend to shoot him riding motorcross. During the shoot his friend proceeded to take a blind jump and land on Mike. For the next six weeks Mike was hospitalized with multiple fractures. Mike spent the time in traction, and later in a body cast, reading more on photography.
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