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  Die Kunst der Fassade Klinge-Preisträger Michael...

Die Kunst der Fassade
Klinge-Preisträger Michael Nguyen bei Tokyo International Foto Awards erfolgreich

In der japanischen Hauptstadt ist vor wenigen Tagen einer der größten und renommiertesten Fotowettbewerbe überhaupt zu Ende gegangen. Beim Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) hat der Gautinger Fotokünstler Michael Nguyen in der Kategorie „Architektur/Gebäude“ den dritten Rang belegt. Teilgenommen hat er neben geschätzt 50 000 Kollegen aus der ganzen Welt mit der Fotoserie „Facades – The Faces of Buildings“. Mit den zehn Fotos von Fassaden in Europa hat er die Jury überzeugt. …

9.1.2024 by Volker Ufertinger


  Photo Exhibition “By the Roadside” by...

Photo Exhibition “By the Roadside” by Michael Nguyen Held at The Begegnungsstätte Mehr Mitte

30 Photographs of Facades Taken in Various German and Other European Cities. The Begegnungsstätte Mehr Mitte of the Volkssolidarität Berlin e.V. is showing a window exhibition curated by Dr. phil. Lily Fürstenow, photographs from the photo series "By the Roadside" by Michael Nguyen from 14 November - 1 December 2023.

15.11.2023



  Poetry in the Ordinary: Exhibition of facade...

Poetry in the Ordinary: Exhibition of facade photographs by Michael Nguyen in Berlin

Nguyen's photographs not only show the aesthetic appeal of façades, but also emphasise the relationship between form and function inherent in architecture. Through his gaze, the utilitarian aspects of buildings become an integral part of the visual narrative. The interplay of lines, shapes and textures in his compositions emphasises the harmony between the architectural design and its intended purpose.

13.11.2023
  The Mudam by I.M.Pei: Where Old Meets New  The...

The Mudam by I.M.Pei: Where Old Meets New

The exquisite photographic reportage of the Mudam, Luxembourg’s Contemporary Art Museum, is captivatingly portrayed by the skillful lens of Michael Nguyen, enriched further by the analysis of Thanh Tung. The architectural magnificence of the Mudam is delicately interwoven into the historical tapestry of Fort Thüngen in Luxembourg City, symbolizing a seamless blend of bygone eras and modernity. This singular masterpiece pays homage to its rich historical heritage while infusing a sense of contemporary vitality, a true testament to the innovative prowess of the renowned architect Ieoh Ming Pei.

25.6.2023
  A Spectacular Ceiling by Japanese architect Sou...

A Spectacular Ceiling by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto

Fujimoto's masterful design ensures that the ceiling of the House of Music Hungary exudes a fascinating symmetry. The lattice-like pattern extends seamlessly across the entire space, creating an intricate visual harmony. It also blends perfectly with the trees, integrating nature in the whole design scheme. By choosing the right perspectives, Nguyen successfully captured the symmetrical composition, revealing the meticulous precision of Fujimoto's architectural vision.

13.6.2023

  The House of Music Hungary  The House of Music Hungary...

The House of Music Hungary

The House of Music Hungary in Budapest, designed by the visionary Sou Fujimoto, stands as a stunning testament to the fusion of art and architecture. It’s intricate lattice-like ceiling, expertly captured by Michael Nguyen, elevates the space into a realm of breathtaking beauty. The interplay of light and shadow, the symmetrical composition, and the ethereal ambiance make the House of Music Budapest a true architectural gem. This extraordinary artwork invites us to appreciate the enchanting harmony between the built environment, the living nature, and the artistic imagination.

7.6.2023

  A Visual Symphony: Budapest’s House of Music...

A Visual Symphony: Budapest’s House of Music Captured by Michael Nguyen

The House of Music Hungary in Budapest stands as a testament to the harmonious blend of architectural brilliance and artistic expression. Designed by the renowned Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, this exceptional structure captivates visitors with its innovatively beautiful design elements. One of its most striking features is the breathtaking ceiling, which seamlessly merges the realms of art and technology, of sounds and visuals, of nature and construction. Accompanied by the skilled lens of Munich-based photographer Michael Nguyen, we embark on a visual journey to explore the mesmerizing beauty of this architectural marvel.

7.6.2023 by Thanh Tung
  Eight Shades of Grey: The Facade of the Med Campus Graz...

Eight Shades of Grey: The Facade of the Med Campus Graz photographed by Michael Nguyen

The Med Campus Graz, designed by Riegler Riewe Architekten, corresponds to the regularity and objectivity of the graphic facade drawing. The HBK Module 2 was completed in the fall of 2022 and is to be opened on May 12, 2023. HBK Module 1 was completed and opened in the fall of 2017. The pictures by Michael Nguyen show the buildings and facades of both modules.

20.5.2023 by Thanh Tung
  Regularity and Objectivity of the Graphic Facade...

Regularity and Objectivity of the Graphic Facade Drawing of the Med Campus Graz, Austria

The Med Campus Graz, with its two modules designed by the prestigious Styrian architectural firm Riegler Riewe, has been meticulously photographed by Michael Nguyen, showcasing the stunning and modern features of the facades. The building corresponds to the regularity and objectivity of the graphic facade drawing. The  Module 2 was completed in the fall of 2022 and was opened on May 12, 2023. Module 1 was completed and opened in the fall of 2017. The pictures show buildings and facades of both modules. The new one is the second building in a series serve as an extension to the existing Graz Medical University in Austria.

19.5.2023
  URBAN DISCOVERIES | THE BEAUTY AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN...

URBAN DISCOVERIES | THE BEAUTY AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

“Urban Discoveries” is a captivating photographic series by Michael Nguyen that invites the viewer to explore the modern architectural marvels of European cities. Nguyen’s lens captures the intricate details and unique character of each city’s contemporary buildings, from the sleek lines of glass skyscrapers to the bold forms of modernist structures. The series offers a visual journey through the dynamic urban landscapes of Europe, highlighting the architectural achievements of the modern era.

5.5.2023 by Thanh Tung
  The new series of photographs of the KfW building in...

The new series of photographs of the KfW building in Frankfurt am Main by Michael Nguyen

The new series of photographs of the KfW building in Frankfurt am MainNguyen's photographs of the KfW Westarkade captures the building from a variety of angles and perspectives, highlighting its unique features and design elements. The photographs are a mostly close-up shots and giving viewers a comprehensive understanding of the building's structure and form.

One of the most striking features of Nguyen's photographs is the way he captures the building's use of color. The KfW Westarkade building is known for its vibrant colorful exterior, an aluminium-glass facade with colored, motorized opening flaps in the outer shell. Nguyen's photographs beautifully capture the interplay of light and color, creating a vivid and dynamic visual experience.

20.4.2023
  Masquerade on the Street’s Stage  Photographer,...

Masquerade on the Street’s Stage

Photographer, Michael Nguyen has captured Masterpieces of Facade Art by Architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton, including the Munich Re in Munich, the ADAC Headquarters Munich, the M9 Museum, Venice, the GSW Headquarters, Berlin and the Brandhorst Museum, Munich.Visual highlights of the urban landscape have emerged here, the details of which Nguyen examines with precision photography, while Prof. Dr. Phil. Rainer Funke, Professor of Design Theory and Founding Dean of the Department of Design at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, provides analysis on Nguyen’s images, and their relationship between architecture, urban spaces, and those who inhabit them.

26.3.2023
  Masquerade on the Street Stages: Visual Urban...

Masquerade on the Street Stages: Visual Urban Highlights

One picture deviates from the purely artistic photographic collection of masks: three young men eating in front of the raw concrete of the basement of the Venetian M9 Museum, walking from right to left towards a cellar entrance. A narrow strip of the colorful facade hovers above them, breaking the distance and abstraction. We become aware that the photographed façades are components of living buildings in and with which people go about their trivial occupations. The masked ball is, in fact, a celebration of everyday life.

25.3.2023 by Prof. Dr. Rainer Funke
  ADF Web Magazin Tokyo: A Facade Symphony of Colors...

ADF Web Magazin Tokyo: A Facade Symphony of Colors written by Prof. Dr. phil. Rainer Funke

Michael Nguyen shows the spectacular facade of the building: the Munich Re in Munich at Berliner Straße. Visual highlights of the urban have emerged here, the details of which Nguyen examines with precision photography.

20.3.2023
  Masquerade on the Street Stages  Not faces, but rather...

Masquerade on the Street Stages

Not faces, but rather masks surround us on the streets: more or less statically present in front of the supporting structures and the spaces filled with life, to grasp them, frame them, cultivate them, and provide them with an overarching expression, thus creating euphony or also dissonance in the building concert of the urban space as well-defined, virtuously played instruments.

Michael Nguyen dedicates a photo series to the true masterpieces of facade art by the architecture firm Sauerbruch Hutton. The Photo Artist from Munich shows the first five spectacular buildings of his ongoing Sauerbruch Hutton series: the Munich Re in Munich, the ADAC Headquarters Munich, the M9 Museum, Venice, the GSW Headquarters, Berlin and the Brandhorst Museum, Munich. Visual highlights of the urban have emerged here, the details of which Nguyen examines with precision photography.

16.3.2023
  Facades Photographs by Michael Nguyen of three...

Facades Photographs by Michael Nguyen of three architectural works of art by Architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton

The art with the classical genre of architecture and its forms of expression is the focus of Michael Nguyen's series “The Beauty of the Art of Architecture”. The artwork itself is characterized by the interaction of content and form. Nguyen's photography is not architectural photography commissioned by architects or the building industry. The buildings are not photographed in their ideal state and thus do not have the function of showing appreciation of the property. Michael Nguyen's images have exclusively an artistic function: the artistic component in his architectural photography deliberately interprets the buildings in a way that deviates from the usual view.

6.2.2023
  NPO Aoyama Design Forum featured Facades Photographs by...

NPO Aoyama Design Forum featured Facades Photographs by Michael Nguyen of three architectural works of art by Architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton im ADF Magazin Tokyo 

The art with the classical genre of architecture and its forms of expression is the focus of Michael Nguyen's series. Sauerbruch Hutton, based in Berlin, is a renowned architectural firm that has designed several notable buildings in Munich, Berlin and many other cities in different countries. In Munich, the office is responsible for two iconic buildings, among others: the Museum Brandhorst and the ADAC headquarters. The ADAC headquarters in Munich's Sendling-Westpark district is another example of Sauerbruch Hutton's innovative architectural style.

6.2.2023
  Streifzüge eines Flaneurs mit Kamera  Bericht...

Streifzüge eines Flaneurs mit Kamera

Bericht über Michael Nguyen’s Ausstellung im Max Planck Institut, in der Print Ausgabe des Münchner Merkur.

25.11.2022 by Miriam Pietrangeli-Ankermann

  The colorful Facade of the Brandhorst Museum in Munich...

The colorful Facade of the Brandhorst Museum in Munich by Architects Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch

The Brandhorst Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Munich has a colorful facade designed in a total of 23 different colors, consisting of three different color families. A total of 36,000 square, vertically mounted ceramic rods are placed at some distance from each other in front of the concrete walls. Depending on the viewing angle and distance, the viewer is presented with different visual impressions. Architects Sauerbruch Hutton.

17.11.2022

    A Bridge between Science and Arts - Architecture...

A Bridge between Science and Arts - Architecture Photographs by Michael Nguyen, exhibited at Max Planck Institut

The exhibition, which take place in the foyer of the Institute, “build a bridge between science and arts”. The exhibition shows works from 2020 - 2022. Michael Nguyen shows architectural objects, plays of light and shadow, reflections and architectures captured in various cities across Europe.

17.11.2022
   Michael Nguyen – Clarity of Vision, Fantasy of...

Michael Nguyen – Clarity of Vision, Fantasy of Interpretation


The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry showcases the work of photographer Michael Nguyen in the exhibition Clarity of Vision, Fantasy of Interpretation.The exhibition presents 34 architectural photographs exploring lighting and geometry in different European cities.

9.11.2022


  Sehen, verweilen, deuten  -  Seeing, lingering,...

Sehen, verweilen, deuten - Seeing, lingering, interpreting

Maybe it’s a good thing that the modern viewer’s eye is forced to jump back and forth on the screen so often, because otherwise it would drown in the permanent optical flood. Of course, that would be more of a drowning in the shallow, in the visually foamy, which replaces depth with uniform and digitally sugar-coated aesthetics. Michael Nguyen’s pictures are different: With his photographs, he manages to give the eyes a reason to linger, “by creating clarity in vision and a challenge in interpretation through reduction and emphasis,” as Rainer Funke, professor of design theory, puts it at the FH Potsdam, writes in his eulogy about the Gautinger photographer.

German: Süddeutsche Zeitung
English: AllNewsPress

8.11.2022 by Udo Watter

  مايكل نجوين – وضوح الرؤية وخيال التفسير  ArchUp...

مايكل نجوين – وضوح الرؤية وخيال التفسير

ArchUp Architectural Journal, and the largest architectural newspaper in Arabic reports on Michael Nguyen's exhibition at the Max Planck Institute

يحب Nguyen اللعب بإغواء الأشكال الهندسية ، والعادي ، والمتماثل. نجد هذا في كل مكان كدليل على القوة البناءة للتصميم الموجه نحو المثالية. وبالتالي ، يُفترض الكمال ، كما هو الحال أيضًا مع الضوء المنسق بشكل مثير للإعجاب وتدرجات الألوان أو قوام السطح. في الوقت نفسه ، يتم وضع المشاهد في وضع مثالي يمكن أن ينطلق منه الاهتمام بما يتم تصويره.من ناحية أخرى ، يتم تحفيزنا للسماح لخيالنا بالتجول بناءً على ما يظهر. في الأسلوب نجد مناسبات عديدة للربط بين المزاج والشوق. هذا هو الحال بشكل خاص عندما يُرى الناس في مظهرهم منفصلين عن الحركة. يلعب التناقض مع النظرة غير العادية لمحيطهم دورًا خاصًا. كل من يتورط في صور مايكل نجوين سيختبر في أي حال إثراء: الخاص في العرضي.


7.11.2022

  Michael Nguyen – Clarity of Seeing, Fantasy of...

Michael Nguyen – Clarity of Seeing, Fantasy of Interpretation

Michael Nguyen is a flâneur. On foot, he seeks the encounter worth seeing in detail. His photographs show us buildings, streets, staircases, vehicles, and people of the kind that we might encounter at any time by chance in our everyday lives. The pictures confront us with single views of elements, focus their colors and forms in detail, and leave aside the manifold abundance of the surrounding. In this way, the images unfold a power of the particular: Something like this, but exactly how we haven't seen things before.

31.10.22


  Ein Anlass zum Verweilen INTERVIEW Fotograf Michael...

Ein Anlass zum Verweilen
INTERVIEW Fotograf Michael Nguyen spricht über seine Inspiration und Leidenschaft

Der Fotokünstler und Dokumentarfotograf Michael Nguyen lebt in Gauting, in der Nähe von München und ist Mitbegründer des Online-Foto-Magazins Tagree. Nun stellt er 34 seiner fotografischen Werke unter dem Titel „Klarheit des Sehens, Fantasie der Deutung“ im Foyer des Max-Planck-Instituts in Martinsried aus. Die Ausstellung ist vom 24. Oktober bis zum 9. Dezember im Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie (MPI) in Martinsried, Am Klopferspitz 18, zu sehen. Unsere Mitarbeiterin Miriam Pietrangeli-Ankermann sprach mit dem Künstler. (Print & Online)
Read the Interview at the Online Edition Münchner Merkur (German)
Read the interview at The Limited Times (English)

21.10.22 by Miriam Pietrangeli-Ankermann

   Klarheit des Sehens, Fantasie der Deutung...

Klarheit des Sehens, Fantasie der Deutung

Künstlerische Fotografie bewegt sich heute ganz anders als noch vor wenigen Jahrzehnten als visuelle Kraft und kommunikative Intervention inmitten einer überbordenden Schwemme an Bildern, deren Herstellung, Verwaltung und Weitergabe längst aus dem Ruder gewissenhafter Steuerung gelaufen ist. Nach Film, Fernsehen und Computer hat uns vor allem das Smartphone in ein neues Bild-Zeitalter katapultiert. Oftmals steht die Herausforderung, den Augen zwischen ihren unsteten Sprüngen von Bild zu Bild einen Anlass zum Verweilen zu bieten. Einen solchen Anlass zu erzeugen, gelingt Michael Nguyen mit seinen Fotografien ganz vorzüglich, indem er durch Reduktion und Pointierung Klarheit im Sehen und Herausforderung in der Deutung schafft.

21.10.2022 

  Clarity of Seeing - Fantasy of Interpretation by...

Clarity of Seeing - Fantasy of Interpretation by Michael Nguyen

The Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried will show 34 photographs by Michael Nguyen in an exhibition. Martinsried is one of the two science suburbs of Munich, a district of the municipality of Planegg in the district of Munich in Bavaria. The exhibition, which take place in the foyer of the Institute, “build a bridge between science and arts”. The exhibition shows works from 2020 - 2022. Michael Nguyen shows architectural objects, plays of light and shadow, reflections and architectures captured in various cities across Europe.

12.10.2022
  Photography meets Science – Exhibition of Michael...

Photography meets Science – Exhibition of Michael Nguyen’s Photographs at the Max Planck Institute in Munich

Nguyen likes to play with the seduction of the geometric, the regular, and the symmetrical. We find this everywhere as a testimony to the constructive power of a design oriented towards the ideal. Perfection is thus assumed, as is also the case with the impressively harmonized light and color gradients or surface textures. At the same time, the viewer is placed in an ideal position from which interest in what is depicted can unfold.

11.10.2022
   写真家マイケル・グエンが切り取るBMWアンサンブル建築の青と白    Article about...

写真家マイケル・グエンが切り取るBMWアンサンブル建築の青と白
Article about Michael Nguyen’s photo series “Perfection in Blue-White | The BMW Architecture Ensemble in Munich” 

ドイツバイエルン州ミュンヘンのランドマーク、BMWタワーを筆頭に、BMW Welt、BMW博物館、BMWグループ駐車場、BMWトラス橋から構成されるBMWアンサンブル。中でもBMW Welt(ワールドの意)はバイエルン州で最も人が多く訪れる観光名所で、2015年10月の開設以来、8年間で2000万人の来場者を迎えている。BMWは、1922年5月にバイエルンの州都に本社を置き、この地で100年以上にわたって生産を続けている。

29.7.2022
   Begegnungen am Straßenrand: Fotoausstellung im...

Begegnungen am Straßenrand: Fotoausstellung im Bosco

Die große Menschenleere in der Pandemie und noch viel mehr hat der Gautinger Foto-Poet Michael Nguyen eingefangen. Seine Bilder sind nun im Bosco zu sehen.

12.3.2022 by Christine Cless-Wesle
english: The Limited Times
  Ausstellung: Das Leben hinter der Fassade  Der...

Ausstellung: Das Leben hinter der Fassade

Der Gautinger Fotograf Michael Nguyen zeigt im Kulturhaus Bosco Aufnahmen, die Motive am Straßenrand in ungeahnter Schönheit abbilden.

10.3.2022 by Blanche Mamer
   Tiefer schauen   Nichts wirkt heilender in der...

Tiefer schauen

Nichts wirkt heilender in der gegenwärtig für so viel Schmerz und Angst sorgenden Situation in der Ukraine als der Anblick von klaren Strukturen. Michael Nguyens Fotografien, kuratiert für die am Dienstagabend im bosco eröffneten Ausstellung „By the Roadside“, entstanden während des ersten Lockdowns in der Corona-Pandemie, jener anderen noch immer gegenwärtigen Krise. Der Fotograf, der für seine Arbeit im vergangenen Jahr mit dem Günther-Klinge-Kulturpreis der Gemeinde Gauting ausgezeichnet wurde, hat im Frühjahr 2020 ausgedehnte Spaziergänge durch seinen Wohnort Gauting wie durch andere Gegenden in Bayern, dem benachbarten Österreich und auch Italien unternommen. …

9.3.2022 by Sabine Zaplin
  Photographs by Michael Nguyen that reveal the...

Photographs by Michael Nguyen that reveal the 'special' things we might see on a trip to Europe

For those of us dreaming of European road trips this summer, a new exhibition of photographs by Michael Nguyen will inspire your travel plans. “By The Roadside” is a series that focuses on street and urban landscapes, architectural objects and the little details that make Germany, Austria and Italy unique.

13.1.2022 by Katy Cowan

  Calmness in Sight  Whoever gets involved with Michael...

Calmness in Sight

Whoever gets involved with Michael Nguyen's pictures will in any case experience an enrichment: the special in the incidental.

4.12.2021 by Prof. Dr. Rainer Funke
  “Nature is within us” – Photo...

“Nature is within us” – Photo Paintings by Michael Nguyen in a permanent exhibition in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Munich

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. "Nature is within us", ten works of art are on permanent exhibition from now on at Gauting town hall (Munich area), Bahnhofstrasse 7 D-82131 Gauting.Through the subjective lens, Michael Nguyen gives all a new perspectives, a new soul. “Michael Nguyen's photography is the art of showing more than you can see. Making visible – worshipping the invisible, he walks with the third eye of a wanderer through the visual adventure of life.”

12.9.2021
  The power of design and the contradictions between art...

The power of design and the contradictions between art and lifeMichael Nguyen photographs Munich's most colorful shopping center facade 

The MIRA Shopping Center opened in 2008 in the Munich district Nordhaide. The West, North, and northern half of the Eastern facades, was made of colored lacquered metal panels which were placed on the walls to form prisms. Since the sides of the prisms have different colors, the façade appears from the southwest and northwest in different colors. In between, a gradual transition takes place, so that the building changes dynamically as one passes by. In addition to the colored panels, the façade also contains panels made of polished aluminum, which reflect the sky and surrounding buildings. The façade construction was awarded with the “DGNB Gold Award for sustainable buildings” in 2009. The shopping centre was planned by Chapman Taylor. The responsible project architect there was Ruprecht Melder. Léon-Wohlhage-Wernik Architekten was responsible for the façade design.

25.8.2021 by Prof. Dr. Rainer Funke
  Show more than can be seen  Due to the corona, the...

Show more than can be seen

Due to the corona, the municipality of Gauting awarded the Günther-Klinge-Kulturpreis, endowed with a total of 3000 euros, this year before the beginning of a municipal council meeting. The ceremony is not planned until next year. The Starnberger Merkur presents the three winners in a loose row. Today: Photo artist Michael Nguyen.

15.8.2021 by Christine Cless-Wesle
Source: Münchner Merkur

  Michael Nguyen : La nature est en nous  Ce qui est...

Michael Nguyen : La nature est en nous

Ce qui est à l’extérieur n’est plus à l’extérieur. Arbres, forêts, montagnes, rivières, lacs. Michael Nguyen a transformé ces éléments naturels de sa région résidentielle dans ses œuvres d’art en sentiments, fantasmes et rêves. Ils deviennent une partie de notre nature intérieure, une partie de l’âme humaine.

17.6.2021

  The Big Picture in topos – The International...

The Big Picture in topos – The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

An abandoned industrial area in the south-west of the Bavarian capital of Munich, captured during the coronavirus pandemic by the German photographer Michael Nguyen. He shows a melancholic, even post-apocalyptic world in which all hope seems to be gone. … In topos Magazine issue 115: Right to the City

16.6.2021 by Anja Koller

    Allianz Arena, soccer stadium of FC Bayern Munich...

Allianz Arena, soccer stadium of FC Bayern Munich during the corona lockdown

A sunny day in February 2021 and a cloudy day (Easter Sunday 2021) during the Corona Lockdown in front of the Munich Allianz Arena, soccer stadium of FC Bayern Munich with 75,021 seats. It was the venue for the 2006 soccer World Cup. Where tourists and fans usually bustle about, craftsmen and employees work, the snack bar owners make preparations and cars are already parked in the parking lots at noon, there is yawning emptiness.

16.6.2021
   Holzgewordener Blitz     - Photo Paintings in a...

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.

  Photo Paintings by Michael Nguyen in a permanent...

Photo Paintings by Michael Nguyen in a permanent exhibition at the city hall of Gauting (Greater Munich)

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.
In my Photographic Paintings from my series "Nature is within us"  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 spring I find the most popular moods for me. Characteristic for my pictures of this portfolio are blurred, blurred contours, sometimes scattered light and often the renunciation of the reproduction of details, similar in style to a painting.
This pictures taken in and around Gauting and in the Starnberg district - Gauting is a city in the Upper Bavarian administrative district of Starnberg and lies southwest of Munich on the river Würm.

7.6.2021


  Die Macht des Designs und die Widersprüche...

Die Macht des Designs und die Widersprüche zwischen Kunst und Leben

…Die Strenge der Komposition im Einzelnen wird zum Thema, aus der Nähe treten aber auch Brechungen und Störungen hervor. Zwei gerahmte, quadratische blaue Schließfächer etwa, ihren Maßen nach auf blauem Grund wohl platziert mit nicht blau gefärbten metallischen Beschlägen – der Versuch, sie zu verstecken ist gescheitert. Das wunderbare Streifenmuster wird auf diese Weise gestört, weniger perfekt und auch etwas lebensnäher. Als Fotograf ist Michael Nguyen so konsequent, wie es die abgebildeten Fassaden sein wollen aber im Sturm des Lebens und der Entropie nicht sein können. …

18.5.2021

  Fotos ohne Klischees - Michael Nguyen nominated for the...

Fotos ohne Klischees - Michael Nguyen nominated for the Tassilo Culture Prize of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

Michael Nguyen ist ein Flaneur mit Kamera, der seine Heimatgemeinde Gauting und den Landkreis Starnberg in seinen Bilderserien oft von völlig unerwarteten Seiten zeigt.

12.04.2021 by Blanche Mamer
  “The Power Of Design”: Michael Nguyen...

“The Power Of Design”: Michael Nguyen Photographs Munich’s Most Colorful Shopping Center Facade

The MIRA Shopping Center opened in 2008 in the Munich district Nordhaide. The West, North, and northern half of the Eastern facades, was made of colored lacquered metal panels which were placed on the walls to form prisms.

14.3.2021

  Michael Nguyen Memotret Bagian Depan Pusat Perbelanjaan...

Michael Nguyen Memotret Bagian Depan Pusat Perbelanjaan Paling Berwarna di Munich

Pusat Perbelanjaan MIRA dibuka pada tahun 2008 di distrik Munich, Nordhaide. Bagian barat, utara, dan utara dari fasad Timur, terbuat dari panel logam berpernis berwarna yang ditempatkan di dinding untuk membentuk prisma. Karena sisi prisma memiliki warna yang berbeda, fasadnya muncul dari barat daya dan barat laut dengan warna berbeda. Di antaranya, terjadi transisi bertahap, sehingga bangunan berubah secara dinamis saat seseorang melewatinya. Selain panel berwarna, façade juga memiliki panel yang terbuat dari aluminium poles, yang memantulkan langit dan bangunan di sekitarnya.

11.3.2021
  MIRA Shopping Center Facade photographed by Michael...

MIRA Shopping Center Facade photographed by Michael Nguyen

In the new photograph series of Michael Nguyen, “The power of design and the contradictions between art and life,” the artist photographed The Mira, a district and shopping center that opened in 2008 in the Munich district. On 25,500 square meters, spread over three stories, there are 66 retail stores. Mira received the “DGNB Gold award for sustainable buildings” from the German Society for Sustainable Buildings in 2009. The shopping center is home to the largest thermal groundwater system installation for room cooling of all shopping centers in Europe.

10.3.2021
  Photographs of a German outdoor pool in winter promise...

Photographs of a German outdoor pool in winter promise of a summer like no other

There has probably never been a time in recent history that we've looked forward to summer as much as we do now. While we wait for normality to resume, photographer Michael Nguyen's latest series acts as a perfect metaphor to how many of us are feeling this winter.
His series, Gauting Outdoor Pool, offers a quiet reflection on the events of 2020 as well as beautiful images of a German open-air swimming pool, and all of its surroundings. …

18.1.2021 by Katy Cowan
  Als Mark Spitz auf Medaillenkurs ging  14. Januar 2021,...

Als Mark Spitz auf Medaillenkurs ging

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Als Mark Spitz auf Medaillenkurs ging

Der Fotograf Michael Nguyen hat das Gautinger Sommerbad, in dem der legendäre Schwimmer für die Olympischen Spiele 1972 in München trainierte, im Winterschlaf festgehalten.

14.1.2021: Blanche Mamer
  Gauting Outdoor Pool: Waiting For The Summer...

Gauting Outdoor Pool: Waiting For The Summer

“Waiting for the summer” is part of the ongoing series “By the roadside” by International Award Winning PhotoArtist Michael Nguyen. The photographer had the opportunity to capture the Gauting summer pool in the winter of 2020 before the first snowfall. He entered a fascinating world of water reflections.

3.1.2021
  Das Besondere im Gewöhnlichen  25. Oktober 2020,...

Das Besondere im Gewöhnlichen

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Das Besondere im Gewöhnlichen

Mit seinem Fotoapparat geht der mehrfach prämierte Künstler Michael Nguyen in seiner Heimatgemeinde täglich auf Motivjagd und erspäht dabei interessante und schöne Dinge, aber auch manche Hässlichkeit. Im Internet präsentiert er nun seine Bilderserien unter dem Namen "Heimat Gauting: Am Straßenrand".

25.10.2020: Blanche Mamer
  Michael Nguyen shows us that our life is made of frames...

Michael Nguyen shows us that our life is made of frames

We live in frames and we see this world in frames. Frames made of our flesh and bones, of our attachments & possessions. Frames made of social conventions, of our biases, of our prejudices. Frames made of our fear, hatred, and misery. They protect us, support us but also constrain and imprison us. They hold us back from seeing what’s true and what’s beyond the horizon of our mortality, of our limited perspective. But we can escape, …

13.10.2020


  URBAN ELEMENTS - Frames by Michael Nguyen  In 2020,...

URBAN ELEMENTS - Frames by Michael Nguyen

In 2020, Michael Nguyen’s released the second part of his series Frames – the Urban Elements photographs taken in various European towns. The pictures show not only buildings, but also cityscapes, buses, subway stations, sculptures and, occasionally, people in whom we recognize ourselves. The diverse associations that can be seen are a metaphor where we understand the walls and frames of our existence.

29.7.2020

  Photographer Michal Nguyen  Michael Nguyen is a photo...

Photographer Michal Nguyen

Michael Nguyen is a photo artist and documentary photographer living near Munich, Germany. He takes photographs since 1988. He has been living in Munich since 2007 and moved to Gauting near Munich in 2015. After a long break in the cultural sector and after a sickness he has dedicated himself 2018 entirely to art again. He is an artist and a photographic poet who moves away from the mainstream, at the same time blurs genres. Most of the time, he focuses on small, ordinary things but through the subjective lens, he give them new perspectives, a new soul.

8.6.2021
  Interview Photographer Michael Nguyen  What is outside...

Interview Photographer Michael Nguyen

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 gives all a new perspectives, a new soul. "Michael Nguyen's photography is the art of showing more than you can see. Making visible - worshipping the invisible, he walks with the third eye of a wanderer through the visual adventure of life.

25.7.20 by Zannnie, Singapore
  On the streets of Solitude   & Interview...

On the streets of Solitude & Interview 

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 and bleak: Empty benches on the sidewalks, a tired bicycle, walls covered with barbed wire. Sometimes, there are people sitting by, walking down, which doesn't make the streets livelier. The only sign of hope is children, who are pursuing their own activities without knowing what lies ahead in the future.

19.07.2020
  Interview with Michael Nguyen  Documentary ,...

Interview with Michael Nguyen

Documentary, Interviews    0

Interview with Michael Nguyen

Michael Nguyen has been living in Munich since 2007 and has dedicated himself entirely to art again since 2018. He is an artist, not a photographer but more a photographic poet or something he himself could not define. He moves away from the mainstream, at the same time blurs genres. Most of the time, he focuses on small, ordinary things but through the subjective lens, give them new perspectives, a new soul. Michael Nguyen’s photography is the art of showing more than you can see. Making visible – worshipping the invisible, he walks with the third eye of a wanderer through the visual adventure of life.

19.07.2020

Michael Nguyen | Nguyensminiaturen

Nguyensminiaturen, Photography by Michael Nguyen, Munich, Gauting, Architecture, Urban
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