Alexander Sertev
Alexander Sertev – artist, photographer, experimenter, innovator and more and more. We invite you to get acquainted with his life and work.
Alexander Sertev – artist, photographer, experimenter, innovator and more and more. We invite you to get acquainted with his life and work.
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
It is no coincidence that we chose the moment to publish the photographic portrait of Radoslav Parushev. He left this world on March 13, and in 2021 it will be 100 years since his birth. We at Photoworld.bg are happy and grateful that we met invaluable support from the team of the State Archives –…
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…
Some time ago I told you about the avid lover of the Bulgarian mountains Nikola Mironski . Today I will meet you with another climber, photographer and longtime member of the Bulgarian Photo Club. His name is Boris Tuechki / 1930 – 2018 /. He has climbed many mountain peaks, including in Europe and Asia.…