According to The Globe and Mail, R.M. Vaughan referred to Chambers as "a social hurricane". CBC, NOW, Toronto life and C Magazine have also called his work "iconic".

Photographer and Curator Michael Chambers has been published and exhibited internationally and locally to name a few, at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Royal Ontario Museum.

Chambers has mentored and inspired art enthusiasts worldwide. He has launched inaugural exhibits at numerous art spaces, including Toronto's Wedge Gallery, Harbourfront Centre and Toronto Reference Library. In addition, Michael Chambers has been credited with multiple award-winning films and television productions. He was also the subject of Anton Wagner's biographical documentary for CBC, The Photographer - An Artist's Journey and, more recently, a PBS special, Through A Lens Darkly, which received the prestigious NAACP award in 2016.

A graduate of Toronto's York University, Chambers was the inaugural photo editor and creative director of WORD Magazine and Dragun Magazine. In 2010 was the recipient of the Harry Jerome Award for art and entertainment. Michael Chambers has created iconic images celebrating African awareness, Black History and casting light on the resilience of the human spirit. Many champion his work for placing Black people and cultures on a pedestal. 

As a mentor, Chambers has contributed over twenty years to Don Mills Collegiate Institute and recently as an art instructor with the University of Toronto's Camera Club for Hart House. 

His exhibition SHADOWS to SILVER showcased a 25-year retrospective which toured four cities, including Thames Art Gallery in Chatham, Toronto's BAND Gallery, O'Connor Gallery in Thousand Islands and Montreal's Never Apart Gallery. The exhibition was commemorated by the launch of Michael Chambers' coffee table book of the same name.