/ 2025 / Fine Art / Abstract

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

Run frames diversity as a continuous run—an ever-evolving flow that both demands and fosters fresh thinking and realignment. This movement gives rise to a harmonious whole, as long as openness and acceptance are sustained throughout the process. 1: Individual starting point–the isolated self recognizing its own uniqueness. 2: First encounter–a dialogue between differences in which connection becomes possible.3: The emergence of a “we”–a community born of voluntary coexistence and mutual recognition.4: Integration – diversity coalesces into a new whole that remains non homogeneous yet coherent.

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).

Editorial Selections

Editors’ Pick – Art Photography Awards 2026
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