Alexander Sertev
Alexander Sertev – artist, photographer, experimenter, innovator and more and more. We invite you to get acquainted with his life and work.
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За автора - Бакалавър по телекомуникации и бакалавър по Икономика с профил Бизнес администрация в Нов Български Университет. Практик в сферата на печатните технологии и процеси с над 15 годишен опит. От 2015 година насам се занимава полупрофесионално с фотография, а също със създаване на авторски текстове, графичен и уеб дизайн.
Garo Keshishian on censorship under communism
We are starting a series of first-person accounts to enrich our Bulgarian photography column “35mm”. Here, native photographers will share their experiences on topics – some close, others more distant for the young generation. Our aim is to preserve these authentic memories without the interviewer’s rude interference. We hope everyone will find something of value…
Nikola Stoichkov
The conversation about Nikola Stoichkov /1917 – 2003/ begins in the room where part of the archive of the Academy of Photography Bulgaria “Yanka Kyurkchieva” is kept. Over 200 original copies of the photographer are kept there. He himself donated them to the Academy of Photography and today, thanks to its chairman Yuri Treiman, I…
Artin Azinian
The name of Artin Azinyan /1930 – 2005/ I met for the first time this year. At the end of May during a tour of the central Balkan one of my stops was Kazanlak. I admit that I did not have high expectations of how I would spend my time there. In fact, a whole…
The glass plates of Antip Obushtarov
When did you first hear the name Antip Obushtarov / 1888 – 1942 / – did you just or already know about him? I personally learned about this photographer from Alexander Ivanov’s Facebook status. Of course, I immediately sought contact with him. Thanks to his responsiveness I can tell you part of the story of…
Dimitar Viktorov
Dimitar Viktorov Georgiev / 1942 – 2020 / is a name in the Bulgarian Photojournalism Guild, which we must not forget. I admit that a year ago, when I came across the news of his death on Facebook, I had not personally heard his name. A year later, after some delay, I can tell you…
Albert Cohen – the engine of the magazine “Bulgarian Photo”
Less than a month ago, it was an 100th anniversary of the birth Albert Cohen /1921 – 1986/. This anniversary seemed to be missed, with one small exception – article in the archives of the BNR a>. Younger readers are probably wondering who this photographer is and why I raise the issue of him. Let…
Darmon Richter about the disappearing Bulgarian remembrance
Let me start with a personal introduction before moving on to our new “A View from the Outside” interview. From the moment I started doing photography, I follow what Darmon Richter is doing. I was impressed by the combination of photography and writing. It is now a pleasure for me to be able to present…
The visual archive of Panayot Burnev
My curiosity about the name of Panayot Burnev / 1933 – 2016 / arose during the presentation of the Bulgarian platform for found and donated photography “ Bulgarian Visual Archive a > “. Then Tihomir Stoyanov told about the donation made by the photographer’s daughter – Milena Nikolova. After reviewing the more than 500 shots…
Babak Salari about traumas and miracles
At the last year’s end, we started our new rubric, in which we speak with foreign photographers who have captured Bulgaria in their photo projects. Our first guest was Doris Peter. This month Babak Salari, accepted our invitation for an interview. Little more than 10 years ago, together with the journalist Diana Ivanova, they made…