He studied Film Directing at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires before moving on to studying Linguistics at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. During his last year in university Michael became interested in Koryo-mar —a Korean dialect spoken by ethnic Koreans in the former USSR— culminating in his project Far From Distant Shores. He continued working on issues of displacement and diaspora with Aenikkaeng, about the story of a thousand Koreans who, in 1905, were deceived into indentured servitude in Mexico. He is the recipient of the Magnum ‘30 Under 30’ Award, the Royal Photographic Society’s Postgraduate Bursary, and the Magnum Graduate Photographers Award. In 2017, he won the first prize in the People Stories category of the World Press Photo Contest and was selected to take part in the Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam.