/ 2025 / Fine Art / Abstract

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

Grunge feeling

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 EDITORIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS
LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026 – 2× Editors’ Pick
IPA 2025 – Official Selection, Honorable Mention
PX3 / TIFA / BIFA / ND Awards 2025 – multiple Honorable Mentions
LICC 2025 – Official Selection (multiple works)

EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS

• TRIESTE PHOTO DAYS 2025: 10 artworks exhibited at Trieste Airport & ARCI Trieste, Italy.
• SALON FÜR KUNSTBUCH, VIENNA: Art books "VITA" & "Requiem" included in the permanent archive of Bernhard Cella.

The artist books VITA and Requiem have been acquired for the permanent collections and archives of the following institutions:

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Paris (FR)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaParis, Madrid (ES) –
Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg (SE)
Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (DE)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (DE)
Franklin Furnace Archive, New York (US)
Art- and Museum Library, Cologne (DE)
Saxon State and University Library (SLUB), Dresden (DE)
Salon für Kunstbuch, Vienna (AT)