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

Photo- & Videography Courses

• 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

Awards

• 2017 – Urban Street Dive Contest 2017 – 2nd place
• 2016 – #ShotONALeica Instagram Contest during Art Basel in Miami 2016 – Winner
• 2015 – Pfarrei St. Jakob Contest “Weg” – 2nd place

Featured & Articles

• 2016 – Huffington Post Interview with Michael Sweet

Published

• 2016 – Photo prints publication in seven LUUPS 2017 Art & Coupon books (Link)
• 2016 – Photo print publication in the GOLEM Exhibition Catalog, Jewish Museum Berlin (Link)
• 2016 – Edge of Humanity Online Publication with selected Street Photographs from NYC (Link)
• 2015 – Photo prints publications in six LUUPS 2016 Art & Coupons books (Link)
• 2015 – Photo prints publication in the LUUPS Aachen 2015 Art & Coupons books (Link)
• 2013 – Photo contest and print publication, Katholische Hochschulgemeinde “Eyecatcher 2” Aachen, Germany (Link & Video)
• 2012 – Photo prints publication in the LUUPS Aachen 2012 Art & Coupon book (Link)

Group Exhibitions

• 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.

Camera Gear

• RICOH GR
• RICOH Theta S
• Fuji X-T1  & Prime Lenses

Read more about my Camera Gear History