MUSE Photography Awards Winner Interviews

At the MUSE Photography Awards, we celebrate creativity, diverse perspectives, and excellence in photography. Explore our winner interviews to discover inspiring stories, insights, and achievements from award-winning photographers around the world.

Interview with Rudransh Nagi - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

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 - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
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 - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
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 - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
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 - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
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 - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
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...

Interview with Boris Benko - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Croatia (Hrvatska)

With a creative journey spanning over 25 years, Boris Benko channels his design roots into fine art photography, crafting moody, introspective visuals that ask viewers to look twice—and feel deeper,...

Interview with Antonín Dudek - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Czech Republic

Antonín Dudek has always had a passion for photography, but it wasn’t until about ten years ago that he began practicing it seriously. Since then, he has gone through many stages of growth, refinin...

Interview with Sarah Bellwald - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Sarah Bellwald Fotografie, Switzerland

Sarah Bellwald, a Swiss photographer, specializes in capturing dogs and their owners in natural settings. Inspired by her own dog Cameo since 2020, she transformed a personal passion into a profession...

Interview with Greg McDonald - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Greg McDonald came to photography through acting and filmmaking, drawn by a love for storytelling and the creative freedom of shaping his own work. Using character, composition, environment, and color...

Interview with Marios Forsos - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Marios Forsos Photography, United Kingdom

Storytelling has always fascinated Marios Forsos, who sees it as a thread linking people and moments. When words failed, photography became his tool to capture stories through light, color, and collab...

Interview with Max Mural - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Max Mural Real Estate Photography, United States

Max Mural began exploring photography in 2015, capturing cityscapes and everyday moments before discovering his true passion in 2019 when a realtor’s request sparked his fascination with the art of ...

Interview with Ernie Hayden - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Ernie Hayden began his photography journey at age 12 with a Yashica 127 film camera passed down from his father. Today, he shoots professionally with Sony gear, contributing to local newspapers after ...

Interview with Garion Chee - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Malaysia

Garion Chee’s journey began with a simple gift—an Olympus 550WP from his sister—and grew into a bold photographic style rooted in symmetry, geometry, and abstract forms, as seen in his award-win...

Interview with Zoe Smythe - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Zoe Smythe Photography, United States

Zoe Smythe spent over a decade as a designer in New York before turning to photography as a more personal, immediate creative outlet. Drawing from her fashion background, she crafts timeless, emotiona...