MUSE Photography Awards Winner's Interview

Here at MUSE Photography Awards, we celebrate different views, opinions, suggestions, and openness in moving towards success. Thus, let’s take a closer look at the interviews from our worldwide winners and get inspired by their success today!

Interview with João Coelho
Portugal

João Coelho’s love for the arts began early, inspired by his painter parents. At 18, he bought his first camera and focused on portraits and landscapes, publishing in travel magazines. Returning to...

Interview with Rabab Faisal
Sudan

Rabab Faisal is a Sudanese photographer and storyteller who began in 2011 capturing everyday beauty. Photography became her voice to explore identity, dignity, and resilience, from street portraits in...

Interview with Chenxue Xia
United States

Chenxue Xia is a fashion and commercial photographer from Shanghai studying at SCAD. Inspired by the studio’s energy and teamwork, she captures fleeting moments that freeze emotion and texture in ti...

Interview with Grace Fieselman
Grace Marie Pet Photography, United States

Based in Missouri, Grace Fieselman is a talented pet photographer known for her ability to freeze the quick, joyful moments of dogs in motion. She discovered photography in 2011 and found her true cre...

Interview with Chris Ha
United States

Chris Ha is a self-taught photographer in Miami, originally from Canada. He began shooting live concerts, capturing fleeting energy, before shifting to travel photography inspired by everyday beauty. ...

Interview with Lei Gao
New Zealand

Lei Gao received her first digital camera at university and quickly fell in love with capturing everyday beauty. After immigrating to New Zealand in 2016 and pausing her career to care for her childre...

Interview with Pepe Manzanilla
Costa Rica

Pepe Manzanilla was given a camera at a young age and grew up in a time when photographs were treasured; watching his father and grandfather capture family moments left a lasting impression, sparking ...

Interview with Lucie Nermutova
Czech Republic

Lucie Nermutová is a fine art photographer based in Poděbrady, Czech Republic, specializing in capturing the soul and emotion of animals through her lens. With over five years of experience, she off...

Interview with Yushi Kaisyakuji

Yushi Kaisyakuji is a pediatric surgeon and passionate photographer. He focuses on improving his craft, creating meaningful images beyond technical skill, especially valued on Japanese social networks...

Interview with Rudransh Nagi

Rudransh Nagi was expected to follow the family business until a brief view of Saturn and Jupiter through a telescope sparked his passion for photography. That moment led him to discover astrophotogra...

Interview with Daniel Gilpin
Denmark

Daniel Gilpin explores vulnerability, identity, and the balance of strength and stillness. He seeks truth, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes beautiful, capturing fleeting moments where emotion lives ...

Interview with Martina Mlcuchova
MMMlivephoto, Slovakia

Martina Mlcuchova is a freelance photographer from Slovakia whose journey began with a love for analog cameras. After years of shooting as a hobby, she left her day job to pursue photography full-time...

Interview with Mia Segaert
Belgium

Mia Segaert shifted from a 25-year real estate career to photography, honing her craft at the Academy of Fine Arts. She’s since built a bold artistic voice, exhibiting internationally and blending p...

Interview with Natasha Sokolovska
United States

Natasha Sokolovska, a fine art and portrait photographer from Belarus with Polish roots, captures the inner worlds of her subjects. For her, photography goes beyond aesthetics—it’s about revealing...

Interview with Shang Yao Yuan
impact advertising.co., Taiwan

Shang Yao Yuan has dedicated his career as a creative director at impact advertising co., harnessing the immense power of images to move audiences deeply; from crafting bold ideas to capturing compell...