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 Melissa N. Robertson - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Melissa N. Robertson is a macro and snowflake photographer celebrated for transforming nature's smallest details into captivating works of art, recognized as a 2026 MUSE Photography Awards Category Wi...

Interview with Kelly William Wright - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Renowned for imagery that feels both timeless and otherworldly, 2026 MUSE Photography Awards Category Winner of the Year Kelly William Right creates fine art photography that explores beauty, mystery,...

Interview with Setsuna Kurouzu - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

Setsuna Kurouzu is a self-taught portrait photographer whose work is inspired by anime, video games, film, and Japanese culture. Beginning with candid photography before focusing on portraiture, he is...

Interview with Martina Prsa - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Slovenia

Martina Prsa is a fine art photographer whose work explores the interplay of light, emotion, and the hidden beauty found in everyday moments. Drawn to photography as a form of expression, she creates ...

Interview with Roberto Pazzi - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

Roberto Pazzi is a travel and documentary photographer whose passion for exploring remote cultures led him to leave a career in engineering and pursue photography full-time. Today, he leads photograph...

Interview with Mette Klint - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Denmark

Mette Klint is a Danish photographer whose work merges architectural precision with the poetry of nature. Inspired by light, shadow, and organic form, she creates striking images that transform everyd...

Interview with Annie Ye - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Annie Ye is a photographer and art director known for creating atmospheric images that blend artistic vision with emotional depth. Inspired by nature and guided by intuition, she captures fleeting mom...

Interview with Shang Yao Yuan - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

Award-winning photographer Shang Yao Yuan combines a creative strategist’s eye with a passion for visual storytelling. Drawing on his advertising background, he creates impactful images that blend a...

Interview with Elvis Mikac - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
Croatia (Hrvatska)

Elvis Mikac is a Croatian photographer whose work explores light, atmosphere, and the quiet beauty of everyday spaces. Guided by a minimalist approach, he creates thoughtful images that balance simpli...

Interview with ERIC PIJNAKEN - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
France

ERIC PIJNAKEN is a photographer whose work is driven by a fascination with the overlooked and unseen. After earning national recognition at the age of 19, he went on to showcase this vision through ex...

Interview with Wolfgang Autexier - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

Wolfgang Autexier is a photographer and visual artist whose work spans architecture, landscapes, wildlife, nudes, and portraiture. Influenced by his background in painting, he approaches photography a...

Interview with Catherine Riddle - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Catherine Riddle is a photographer who began as a teenager with a borrowed 35mm camera and a love for black and white film. After years of travel and a lifelong commitment to capturing images, she is ...

Interview with Yushi Kaisyakuji - MUSE Photography Awards Winner

Yushi Kaisyakuji is a photographer based in Oita, Japan, who works in medicine and brings that direct encounter with life into his practice. Drawn to the subtle gestures, tension, and tenderness withi...

Interview with RODRI - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United Arab Emirates

RODRI is an emerging artist, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist based in Dubai. Born in Mexico City in 1994, he developed an early passion for rock music, learning to play both the guitar and dr...

Interview with Yizhen Zhang - MUSE Photography Awards Winner
United States

Yizhen Zhang is a documentary photographer based between the Bay Area and New York, who uses his camera to break through personal perspectives and quietly capture meaningful stories that often go unse...