/ 2025 / Fine Art / Minimalism

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Michael Hagen, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  June 2025
• Instagram
  @mhio_71

In four chromatic passages, a single cascade of form becomes life’s unfolding—calm continuity (Blue), passionate rupture (Red), distilled essence (Black & White), and transcendent flux (Violet)—a visual mantra that reminds us: even constancy is change.
1.:A silent current where stillness transforms into flow—a space of depth and containment.
2.:A spark ignited at the moment of dissolution—a passionate challenge to calmness.
3.:The essence of form laid bare—a pure dialogue of line, texture, and contrast.
4.:An intermediary realm where transformation reaches transcend—a passage into the unknown.

My name is Michael Hagen. I began practicing photographic art in early 2025 after a serious illness forced me to leave my previous profession. During this time, art became a way to process inner experiences and reflect on change and human existence. In my work I explore what I call the “echoes of the seen” — the emotional resonance that visual impressions leave within us, transforming photographic material into intuitive fine art images about perception, memory and inner states.

Awards Exhibitions

Trieste Urban Photo Days / Trieste Photo Days Award 2025
6 artworks exhibited at Trieste Airport and 4 artworks at ARCI Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Awards & Honors

IPA – International Photography Awards 2025
2 Official Selections, 1 Honorable Mention.

PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris 2025
9 Honorable Mentions (4 Single Artworks, 5 Series).

BIFA – Budapest International Foto Awards 2025
5 Honorable Mentions (3 Single Artworks, 2 Series).

ND Awards 2025
3 Honorable Mentions (Series).

TIFA – Tokyo International Foto Awards 2025
10 Honorable Mentions (7 Single Artworks, 3 Diptychs).

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