In The Darkest Hours

• Photographer
  Michael Nguyen
• Agency / Studio
  Nguyensminiaturen.De
• Photo Date
  2019
• Website
  https://nguyensminiaturen.visura.co/

What is outside is no longer outside. Trees, forests, mountains, rivers, lakes. Michael Nguyen has transformed these elements in his artworks into feelings, fantasies and dreams. They become part of our inner nature, part of the human soul. His works does not reflect reality but are the interpretation of a moment. In his art photography, the work is often created by making changes to the original photograph in image editing programs, where the creativity of the artist knows no bounds. His pictures are paintings that lead us into our secret dreams - Nature is within us.

• Biography
  Michael Nguyen is a “publicity shy” (Merkur daily newspaper Munich) photo artist, a photographic poet who moves away from the mainstream, at the same time blurs genres. "Most of the photos could only be taken because Nguyen has a special eye for his surroundings and gives even the mundane a second view." (Süddeutsche Zeitung) "With my camera, I capture little things that we often don't notice in everyday life. I also like to observe people and photograph them in everyday situations“.
• Awards
  Selection: - 2021: Günther-Klinge-Culture-Prize of the municipality of Gauting for special achievements in Photography - Nominated for Tassilo Culture Prize 2021 of the Süddeutsche Zeitung - MUSE Photography Awards 2021, Silver: Architecture / Urban Exploration - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2020 – “Antimatter” Gold in Fine Art, Category Special Effects. - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020: “Silver” in Fine Art / Digitally Enhanced for “Lockdown” - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020: “Bronze” in Special / Others Special for “Antimatter” - Siena Creatve Photo Awards 2020: „In the darkest hours“: Commended in Category Nature & Landscape - MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards: „In the darkest hours“ has been awarded MIFA Bronze 2020 in Category: Nature/Trees - MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards: The series “In unknown worlds of the subconscious” has been awarded MIFA Bronze 2020 in Category: Fine Art – Special Effects - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, Winner: Bronze: Category: Fine Art Special Effects Professional for “From Darkness to Light….” - Award Fresh19 / London 2019, Bronze in category Reportage for the series “The World and Everyone We Haven´t Known” - Award Fresh19 / London 2019, Carbon. Category in the category Portraiture for “Afghan Refugee - There are still shadows in and around me after the war in Afghanistan, but the warming lights of loved ones on my skin give hope….” Honorable Mentions / Selection: - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2020 – Two Honorable Mentions - ND Neutral Density Awards 2020 – Four Honorable Mentions - IPA – International Photography Awards 2020 - Eight Honorable Mentions - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020 - Nine Honorable Mentions - MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2020 - Three Honorable Mentions - IPA – International Photography Awards One Shot / Movement Photo Contest 2020 - Four Honorable Mentions