Silence

• Photographer
  Michael Nguyen
• Agency / Studio
  Nguyensminiaturen.De
• Photo Date
  2020
• Website
  https://nguyensminiaturen.visura.co/

Complete silence is perceived by many people as unpleasant and frightening because of the resulting lack of acoustic orientation in the room. Silence in the sense of a quiet environment can have a calming effect due to the absence of disturbing noises, increase concentration on an activity, performance and well-being. In all pictures of this series Michael Nguyen uses the reduction of color saturation as a stylistic device, in some other pictures he additionally reduces the structure. For him, both emphasize the calm and uncertainty of "The Calm before the Storm".

• 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