Maya Doychinova – I don’t look for inspiration, it just finds me
Photography has been my passion for years. I had a camera from an early age and so my artistic sense developed over the years. Back in the days of analog cameras and film, I had a home darkroom to develop film and take photos. I have had incredible moments of creativity, change, success and failure.…
Miroslav Mominski: My soul cannot live without this universe
“My name is Miroslav Mominski, from Veliko Tarnovo. Now a former forensic scientist. I am currently working in the field of trade. I’ve been doing photography since I was a child and I always thought it was innate to me because the desire to stop time came quite spontaneously, and I’ve never attended courses or…
Yanko Djemerenov: If we were a little more fearless, we would dare to change
“It’s always been very difficult for me to introduce myself. I have been through so many transformations and different environments in my life that I never know where to start and where to end. Professionally, I’ve been a computer club worker, a musician, an apprentice, a cursory experience as a manager of a small handmade…
Elena Angelova: You need a heart to photograph
Elena has been part of the Photoworld club since its beginning Her intransigence towards social problems and the desire to change them push her quite naturally to documentary photography. In 2022, her photo story “The Soul of the Fisherman” won her second place in the “Photo Series” category of the “BG Press Photo” contest. And…
“Slow down the process” today and now with Vladimir Spasov
“An engineer by heart and education. A lover of order and minimalism. Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of being a photographer. In 2009, I changed my lifestyle and began to fulfill my childhood dreams. In 2011, I gave myself a DSLR and started taking pictures again. In 2014, I felt the need…
Timurtaş Onan – telling a stories in a humanist way
I first met Timurtaş at his exhibition in Photosynthesis (Sofia, Bulgaria). At a meeting-conversation with him in the accompanying program next to this exhibition, he said: “And if you come to Istanbul, call me.” And before we left with part of the club for Istanbul, I thought: “Why don’t we call him?”. So… He found…
What is Photoworld?
Photoworld is a community for anyone with a serious interest in photography and an open mind to meeting new people and ideas.
We believe that good photography is born from people with a rich culture and a broad worldview that allows them to make sense of the world around us in new and unexpected ways.
The focus of our activity is the development and enrichment of what we know and understand about the world of photography in its various directions.
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The terrifying story of Blanche Monnier
Have you heard the story of Blanche Monnier? How does a charming and beautiful woman turn into a pitiable creature? Monnier was born on March 1, 1849, to the respectable, conservative bourgeois family of Charles and Louise Monnier of old aristocratic descent in Poitiers, France. She has an older brother – Marcel. Her family is…
To Surrender
A Syrian child so scarred by war that she stares into the camera lens, believing it to be the barrel of a gun, with her hands raised in surrender. The photo was taken in a Syrian refugee camp in December 2014 by Turkish photographer Osman Sağırlı. The fear in the eyes of the little girl,…
Monthly theme
Monthly theme “Moments” – july 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of: Maya Doychinova, Krasimira Pastirova, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Villy Goutova, Kiril Mladenov
Monthly theme “Architecture” – June 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of: Elena Maslarova – Leni, Vladimir Spassov, Maya Doychinova, Krasimira Pastirova, Nina Staykova, Bozhidar Genkov, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Villy Goutova, Petra Marino, Elitza Velkova
Monthly theme “Green” – May 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of: Nina Staykova, Villy Goutova, Dimitar Antonov, Dimitar Konyarski, Maya Doychinova, Elitza Velkova, El Karailieva, Krasimira Pastirova, Vladimir Spassov
Monthly theme “Movement” – April 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of: Maya Doychinova, Iliyan Milushev, El Karailieva, Vladimir Spassov, Boris Yanev, Krasimira Pastirova, Boyan Mihaylov, Villy Goutova
Monthly Theme “Abstract” – March 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of Villy Goutova, Iliyan Milushev, Vladimir Spassov, Nina Staykova, Boris Yanev, Maya Doychinova, Krasimira Pastirova, Tsvety Ilieva
Monthly theme “Trees” – February 2024
In this issue you can see the photos of Iliyan Milushev, Nina Staykova, Boris Yanev, Svetlana Delina, Maya Doychinova, Emanuil Treyman, Polya Dimitrova, Krasimira Pastirova, Villy Goutova, Bozhidar Genkov, Emil Radnev, Elitza Velkova, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Nadezhda Paunova, Vladimir Spassov, Tsvetomil Semkov :
Current photography events
Current photography events – June 2024
Exhibitions / lectures
Sofia
18 April – 15 June | Gallery Synthesis
THE HEAVENS | PAOLO WOODS AND GABRIELE GALIMBERTI EXHIBITION
31 May – 14 June | 29 Slavyanska str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Violeta Apostolova – Leti. Near and far / Photography
03 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto club
Fine Art Photography Focus Group: First Meeting
04 June – 18 June | San Stefano Gallery
Photo exhibition “UNDERWATER ODYSSEY: Journey into the Unknown”
05 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto club
OBSCURA – a meeting with the magazine team and authors involved in the first issue
06 June – 20 June | 18:30 | СГХГ Sofia City Art Gallery
What The Eyes Don’t See – Alberto García-Alix
06June| 14:00 – 17:00 | Studio Dynaphos
Subtleties of chocolate with Radoslav Deliychev
10 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
Documentary Photography Focus Group: First Meeting
12 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
10 Approaches to the Photographic Portrait: Gertrude Kasebier
14 June | 18:30 | Slaveykov Hall, French Institute
Screening of the film Riverboom (Partners), 2023, dir. Claude Bechtold, 99 min (with English subtitles)
15 June | 18:30 | Gallery Synthesis
Introducing Kometa – the French magazine that looks east
17 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
Adventure and Travel Focus Group: First Meeting
19 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
Copyright and photography
19 June | 18:30 | Goethe-Institut Bulgarien
NOTES FROM GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY | Karl Blossfeldt. Nature as inspiration.
24 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
Photoworld: organizational meeting
25 June – 23 July | Gallery Sythesis
Invisible borders // Exhibition by Yanis Pantelidis
26 June | 19:00 | Pressphoto Club
10 Approaches to the Photographic Portrait: Edward Curtis
Varna
06 June | 17:00 – 20:00 | Photosynthesis
Gracious Thursdays with Garo Keshishian
13 June | 17:00 – 20:00 | Photosynthesis
Gracious Thursdays with Garo Keshishian
20 June | 17:00 – 20:00 | Photosynthesis
Gracious Thursdays with Garo Keshishian
27 June | 17:00 – 20:00 | Photosynthesis
Gracious Thursdays with Garo Keshishian
Master Classes / Workshops / Portfolio review
Sofia
07 June | 10:00 – 14:00 | Hyperspace Social Tech Hub
Workshop with Alberto García-Alix for Photographers