In general, my art photography may also be referred to as an artwork and is to be understood as fine art. According to this definition, my works do not reflect reality but are the interpretation of a moment. In my art photography, the work is … Continue readingNEW ARTWORKS
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 world of such … Continue readingIn unknown worlds of the subconscious
Gauting is a city in the Upper Bavarian administrative district of Starnberg and lies southwest of Munich on the river Würm. Since 2015 Gauting is my home. The Würm is a 39.5 km long river in Bavaria. It is the only outflow of the Starnberger … Continue readingHeimat Gauting / Würm Valley / Starnberg District
Michael Nguyen’s photographic artworks are paintings that lead us into our secret dreams, remind us of our past and lead us into the future without frames. In my Photographic Paintings from the series „Frames“, I work out a distinctive aesthetic effect of my pictures. Most … Continue readingFRAMES (Rahmen)
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 this series „On the streets“ with works from the years 2019 – 2020. Michael Nguyen’s … Continue readingON THE STREETS
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 their lives are … Continue readingTHE WORLD AND EVERYONE WE HAVEN’T KNOWN (IN THIS LIFE)
There are days of complex emotions, sadness intertwined with emptiness, despair comes with hope, divinity with carnal sins. Michael Nguyen, with his sensitive touch, blended these feelings together in these otherworldly images. Most works do not reflect reality but are his interpretation of a moment. In … Continue readingMoody days
Taken during two autumn seasons (2018 & 2019), the pictures depict the still moments of mostly small places around Germany and Switzerland. They are captured with soft color nuances and with the play of lights and shadows, but at the same time, they capture the … Continue readingTHE GHOSTS OF AUTUMN
Michael Nguyen’s series „Reduction“ is characterized by the fact that with only a few components in the picture different emotions are evoked by the viewer. His pictures fascinate through their reduction. The supposedly incomplete picture is completed in the imagination. The human encounter with baseness, … Continue readingReduction
Daily life includes the way people usually act, think and feel on a daily basis. Michael Nguyen is sensitive to everyday situations, often in colour. Apart from the great similarities, lifestyles vary and people spend their days differently: We see quarrelling people in the evening … Continue readingDaily life
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 but also of … Continue readingLONELINESS IN THE REALM OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
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 on people’s emotions. A … Continue readingThe World in Black and White
It is just a mood, an emphasize in a black and white world. Nonetheless, it is there to make us feel and think. Red is a strong color, which conveys countless meanings and emotions: love, lust, passion, anger, danger, revolution, etc. But here Michael Nguyen … Continue readingRed meets Black and white
The Moon, the Sun, black holes, galaxies, the dark, and the light. The whole universe is reflected in all objects in our lives and in ourselves. These pictures were created, mainly through double expose technique, from multiple photos of ordinary things. They represent the journey … Continue readingACROSS THE UNIVERSE
It’s the year 1992 (In 1996, after water damage in the basement the house of Michael Nguyen, many negatives of this series along with others from the years 1989 to 1996 were damaged. Michael spent months restoring the negatives, scanning them with a cheap digital … Continue readingHistorical Berlin 1992 (Love Parade & CSD)
In winter 1994, Michael Nguyen took a trip to Paris with a friend, which was an old Nikon. Paris, as we all know, is constantly full of tourists, full of life. But at that time, he did not portray Paris as the city always is … Continue readingHISTORICAL Paris (1994)
It’s the year 1992, October. We walk along with the photographer and poet Michael Nguyen on his expeditions through Prague. (In 1996, after water damage in the basement of his house, many negatives of this series along with others from the years 1989 to 1996 … Continue readingHistorical Prague (1992)
In 1996, after water damage in the basement of the house from Michael Nguyen, many negatives of this series along with others from the years 1989 to 1996 were damaged. Michael spent months restoring the negatives, scanning them with a cheap digital scanner. They are … Continue readingHistorical Umbria 1988