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. We live in frames and we see this world in frames. Frames made of our flesh and bones, of … Continue readingFRAMES (Rahmen)
In my series Photographic Paintings, I work out a distinctive aesthetic effect of my pictures. Most of the motifs are outside, in daylight. Among my most popular motifs here are landscapes, riversides, forests. In the seasons autumn and winter, I find the most popular moods … Continue readingPhotographic Paintings
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
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
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