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Quotes and photos selected by Mariana Velichkova

Photo: surfstyle
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

Photo: Refracted Moments™
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a [...]

Mariana Velichkova

Photo: Niffty..
We are honest and decent
reasonable, chaste again
frigidly faithful
almost sterile
burdened by rules and pain

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the founder of Satvatove Institute David Wolf, PhD

David Wolf
What does the name Satvatove mean?
“Satvatove” comes from the word “sattva”, from the ancient Sanskrit language, and “tov”, from Biblical Hebrew. Both “sattva” and “tov” refer to goodness, or enlightenment. So, through the programs of Satvatove Institute we endeavor to bring goodness and [...]

Mariana Velichkova

Photo: hickory hardscrabble
You have told me:
Your heart is a bird.
On my question
What kind?

Jason F. McDaniel

Photo: tourist_on_earth
I want to be dead. I am not thinking about divorce or mothers crying to God as their sons are taken away or the two guys in my company who were killed driving down a thousand year old street. I am thinking about my life and all the life that surrounds me [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with photographer Juan Mendez
Translation from Spanish into Bulgarian: Violeta Boncheva
Translation from Bulgarian into English: Ivaylo Moutaftchiev

Juan Mendez
What attracted you to photography in the first place?
Photography, as a form of expression, gave me the ability to convey feelings, to share them with others. It attracted me since childhood; I was enthusiastic about it [...]

Quotes & photos selected by Mariana Velichkova

Photo: Fr Antunes
A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

Photo: Fr Antunes
All one’s inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

Interview with Barry George by Barbara Sabol

Barry George’s haiku have been distinguished through numerous publications and awards. Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku, to be released April 1, 2010 by Accents Publishing, is his first collection of haiku. George’s haiku blend a distinctly urban content with the nature-oriented perspective of traditional haiku. A true [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with photographer Nestor Mocarski

How did you “discover” photography for yourself?
When I came here to Scotland I was overwhelmed by the landscapes and so many historical places. I have the ability to memorize more places and faces than names, therefore I thought taking photos would help me to remember everything that I have [...]

Mariana Velichkova

Photo: Catherinette Rings Steampunk
I have tried
so many times
to forget about you
to delete you
to erase you
to get over you
even to pretend
I never met you
And of course
to graciously
move on…
Well, with the same success
air or fire can turn into a stone.

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Paul Hessell

What did spark your interest in Egypt and ancient history?
I have been interested in history since my grade school days; it was my favorite subject in school. At times the class ended up being a dialogue between the teacher and myself. I became intensely interested in ancient Egyptian [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Andrea Laybauer

How and when did you realize that photography would be your vocation?
When I was 17, I was taking pictures of my friends in a very precarious way, using a white sheet as a background and a compact camera without resources.

A cobra

Photo: Global Jet
1. When do the Chinese celebrate their New Year?
At the second new moon after the winter solstice
2. The Jewish New Year is called?
Rosh Hashanah
3. Where is one of the largest annual New Year’s Eve celebrations?
Sydney, Australia

Photo: Eustaquio Santimano
4. How do they celebrate the new year in Edinburgh, UK?
People gather for a large, organized [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the sculptor Mariska Zevenbergen

When and how did you realize that art was going to be your vocation?
There are two clear moments in my youth that I realized art is my vocation: at the age of four; an artist came into our class to make large paintings with us my heart became [...]

Mariana Velichkova

Photo: krystynana
I collected
the remnants of my pride
piece by piece
I cleared up
the shelves of my mind
thought by thought
I put away
the matters of the heart
that don’t matter anymore
in a cold, dry, secret
place to store
along with useless souvenirs
of fragile memories
worn-out masks of
laughing, crying,
deceptive closeness,
romantic explanations
second hand

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Francisco Valera

Why did you choose photography as your hobby?
Well, first because it is a cheap hobby due to Internet and digital techniques, and second because I can translate my ideas in the different ways of photo composition.

Space collector

No choice – save our world

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Oleg Igorin

When and how did you “discover” your passion for photography?
I suddenly was going along a shop window and saw a digital camera. I remember it was Olympus. It was 5 years ago. I think my passion for photography began technically at that moment. Esthetically I always loved [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Antonio Garcia
Antonio Garcia: “The Most Important Thing in Fashion Photography is Passion”

How were you attracted to the world of fashion?
When I was learning photography, I was introduced to many photographers. A lot of disciplines, a lot of different fields: documentary, sports, landscapes, still photography… and fashion. I found [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Christian Leitner

How has photography become an important part of your life?
A benefit of working at a university is that you can travel a lot to places you would normally not visit as a tourist, so I started to take pictures wherever I went. But the real life changing [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the composer and musician Andrea Centazzo

Tell us please how your carrier as a musician and a composer has started?
I never had regular music school training when I was young, basically I was mostly drumming and singing with a schoolmate rock band until I was 22. After that I decided to start [...]