Michael Abid

German travel photographer recognized for his luminous cityscapes and architectural precision, revealing the interplay of light, structure, and atmosphere.

Michael Abid

Michael Abid is a travel photographer based in Germany, known for his striking cityscape, landscape, and architectural work, often captured from both ground and sky. Originally from Ukraine, Michael studied engineering and began his career in the automotive industry before turning his lifelong passion for photography into a professional pursuit.
Since 2013, he has been exploring cities and natural landscapes across Europe and beyond, always searching for that perfect balance between natural and artificial light. His photographs are defined by precision, atmosphere, and technical mastery, often created through advanced exposure and time-blending techniques.
Michael’s work reveals familiar places in extraordinary conditions, transforming iconic locations into scenes of vivid drama and quiet beauty.

Michael Abid

Michael Abid is a travel photographer based in Germany, known for his striking cityscape, landscape, and architectural work, often captured from both ground and sky. Originally from Ukraine, Michael studied engineering and began his career in the automotive industry before turning his lifelong passion for photography into a professional pursuit.
Since 2013, he has been exploring cities and natural landscapes across Europe and beyond, always searching for that perfect balance between natural and artificial light. His photographs are defined by precision, atmosphere, and technical mastery, often created through advanced exposure and time-blending techniques.
Michael’s work reveals familiar places in extraordinary conditions, transforming iconic locations into scenes of vivid drama and quiet beauty.

Currently based in

Germany

Favorite Look

Victoria Street Edinburgh- Collection: Scotland

Recognition

My work has been published globally in magazines, calendars, travel guides and many more publications. Multiple tourism boards rely on my imagery to promote their destinations. Beyond publications, fine art prints of my images have found their way into homes and offices around the world.

Remarkable Facts

What looks like a single captured moment is often the result of many hours spent planning, scouting locations, waiting for light and weather, shooting many variations, and carefully crafting the final image afterward. Funny enough, some people assume these scenes are AI-generated — but every piece of my work is captured in the real world, without any AI generation.