My name is Michael, I make photographs in public. My education and professional work background is in communications, educational media design and teaching.

I also make 360-degree photographs and create Virtual Tours for private and business use. To learn more please visit mikphoto.com

Photography Competitions & Awards

• 2017 – ΦΩS ATHENS – Finalist
• 2017 – EyeEm Photo Awards 2017 – Finalist (The Street Photographer)
• 2017 – Urban Street Dive Contest 2017 – 2nd place
• 2016 – #ShotONALeica Instagram Contest during Art Basel – Winner
• 2015 – Pfarrei St. Jakob Contest “Weg” – 2nd place

Featured & Articles

• 2017 – Szeroki Kadr Interview
• 2016 – Huffington Post Interview with Michael Sweet

Published

• 2017 – EyeEm Magazine – V – Diversity
• 2016 – LUUPS 2017 – Various Art & Coupon books
• 2016 – GOLEM Exhibition – Catalog, Jüdisches Museum Berlin
• 2016 – Edge of Humanity – Online Publication
• 2015 – LUUPS 2016 – Various Art & Coupons books
• 2015 – LUUPS 2015 –  Aachen Art & Coupons book
• 2013 – Eyecatcher 2 – Contest Katholische Hochschulgemeinde Aachen (Video)
• 2012 – LUUPS 2012 – Aachen Art & Coupon book

Group Exhibitions

• 2015 – EyeEm Container @ Photoville in Brooklyn, NYC
• 2010 – Video exhibition, Urban Styles 3.0, “Aachen Tilt Shift” in the Raststätte, Aachen, Germany (Link)
• 2009 – Photo exhibition, Urban Styles 2.0, “Klingeln” in the Raststätte, Aachen, Germany (Video)

EyeEm & Getty Images

• Selected photographs are available for purchase on the EyeEm Marketplace and Getty Images.

Photo- & Videography Education

• 2017 – Portrait Lighting on Location: Natural and Flash with Bobbi Lane, ICP, NYC, US
• 2017 – Style and Evidence with Stephen Ferry, ICP, NY, US
• 2017 – Advanced Street Photography: Finding Your Voice with Natan Dvir, ICP, NYC, US
• 2017 – Street Photography as Point of View with Jeff Mermelstein, ICP, NYC, US
• 2017 – The Documentary Project: The Photographer as Storyteller with Natan Dvir, ICP, NYC, US
• 2014 – What do you mean? with Paolo Woods, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
• 2013 – Documentary Video with Ralf Marschalleck, Video/Film Tage 013, Institut für Medienpädagogik – Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., Koblenz, Germany

Camera Gear

• RICOH GR
• RICOH Theta S
• Fuji X-T1  & Prime Lenses
• Read more about my Camera Gear History