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New Works
In this Portfolio I present some new works. On the one hand classical black and white photography (I love to work with strong contrasts and rich monochrome) and on the other hand color photographs often digitally edited. I hope you enjoy your visit. New series … Continue readingNew Works
Nature is within us / PhotoPaintings
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. Through the subjective lens, Michael Nguyen … Continue readingNature is within us / PhotoPaintings
By the roadside – Urban landscapes (ongoing)
If we walk with our eyes open, we can see interesting, beautiful, and also ugly things along the road every day. And if we walk with not only with our eyes but also with our heart and mind open, you will discover a world … Continue readingBy the roadside – Urban landscapes (ongoing)
By the roadside – Heimat Gauting (ongoing)
Gauting is a municipality in the district of Starnberg, in Bavaria, Germany with a population of approximately 20,000. It is situated on the river Würm, 17 kilometres southwest of Munich and is a part of the Munich metropolitan area. Stockdorf, Grubmühl, Reismühl, Buchendorf, … Continue readingBy the roadside – Heimat Gauting (ongoing)
By the roadside – On the road in the Starnberg District – (ongoing)
A picture book with different shots, sometimes taken with a camera, sometimes with a mobile phone, sometimes documentary, sometimes artistic, now and then simple snapshots for a poetry album and also pictures that are only meant as a basis for a “photographic painting”. Michael … Continue readingBy the roadside – On the road in the Starnberg District – (ongoing)
Urban Elements – in Black & White (ongoing)
Michael Nguyen’s series the “Urban Elements”, which is the focus of his artistic work in 2020, shows not only buildings, but also cityscapes, buses, subway stations, sculptures and, occasionally, people in whom we recognize ourselves or relatives and friends. Architecture is part of a … Continue readingUrban Elements – in Black & White (ongoing)
The world and everyone we haven‘t known – 2 (ongoing)
Michael Nguyen’s work of portraying human conditions in a very human and touching way in his series THE WORLD AND EVERYONE WE HAVEN’T KNOWN (IN THIS LIFE) is continued with Part 2 with works from the years 2019 – 2020. Michael Nguyen’s photography is … Continue readingThe world and everyone we haven‘t known – 2 (ongoing)
Silence (ongoing)
Michael Nguyen’s new series “Silence” shows photographs taken in various cities from 2020 onwards. Many oh his pictures primarily show outdoor shots of urban design at the intersection of architecture, urban planning and sociology. The shown interior shots almost seem like still life. But … Continue readingSilence (ongoing)
Frames
The cover photo shows the image „Lockdown“ which was awarded at the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020 with “Silver” in Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced. During this period of the Corona pandemic, most of us are stuck at home. Outside, distance to other … Continue readingFrames
In unknown worlds of the subconscious
Is this world real? Or is it just all in my head? What if what in my head is all that is true? Or maybe all of it, me, you, this world, is just a dream of a butterfly. Or maybe the … Continue readingIn unknown worlds of the subconscious
On the streets of solitude
Who says, streets are our most social lively spaces? Maybe. But they are also places of broken dreams, of empty selves, of collective solitude. Taken in the border triangle of Germany, France, Switzerland, the photographs of Michael Nguyen show gloomy cityscapes, cold … Continue readingOn the streets of solitude
The World in Black and White (ongoing)
Life is full of colors. – Yes, these photos don’t live through color, just black and white and everything in between, with Michael Nguyen concentrating on the form, the lines and the mood on the streets, the cityscapes or indoors or even … Continue readingThe World in Black and White (ongoing)
THE WORLD AND EVERYONE WE HAVEN’T KNOW
On the streets, in the museum, on the river banks, in the woods, underground. We meet them everywhere. We don’t talk to them, we just watch them doing whatever they are doing. We don’t ask ourselves what they are thinking or what … Continue readingTHE WORLD AND EVERYONE WE HAVEN’T KNOW
THE GHOSTS OF AUTUMN
Taken during two autumn seasons (2018 & 2019), the pictures depict the still moments of mostly small places around Germany and Switzerland (also Munich and Basel). They are captured with soft color nuances and with the play of lights and shadows, but … Continue readingTHE GHOSTS OF AUTUMN
By the lake, In the forest and in the meadow
The burble of the water stream running through the forest clears our littered mind. The silent but resilient greenery of plants and trees soothes our inner turbulence. This warm, rustling earth always supports our wandering steps. This high blue sky frees us … Continue readingBy the lake, In the forest and in the meadow
LONELINESS IN THE REALM OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
Buildings, old and modern. Doors, gates, windows, open or closed. Stairs, up and down. Human, there, not there, but always lonesome. This series of black and white photo artworks by Michael Nguyen uses the contrast of not only things, light and darkness … Continue readingLONELINESS IN THE REALM OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
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