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Interview with Antera by Galya Mladenova

Antera is a young artist who is deeply interested in painting, heroic fantasy and video games. She’s attracted to online games like World of Warcraft, which are filled with a rich mythology. She used to paint abstract art, but thanks to WoW, she switched to figurative painting back in [...]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with the designer Corinna Ketterling
Translation by Nevena Borisova

Are you open to change?
Change always give you motivation to respond and develop. According to Darwin, this reaction helps species to survive. This response to change leads the individual to a rising sense of satisfaction.
I actually love the stream of change and I [...]

An interview with the French photographer Jean-Marc Caracci by Denka Koleva
Jean-Marc Caracci about HomoUrbanusEuropeanus
Jean-Marc Caracci is a French photographer with Sicilian origins.
Although Born in Tunis, he grew up in Montpellier, Southern France.
He worked in a car company till 2006, but then decided to be a fulltime photographer.
In June 2007, he [...]

By Asya Draganova
A lot of people have told me they find the west coast of England the most picturesque, idyllic and inspirational part of the country… but is it so?
I would like to take you to Weymouth: a small town situated on the English channel coast, in the county of Dorset. The town’s [...]

By Kristina Petrova

Saturday morning. There’s something that makes me love Saturday mornings and I could never figure out what it was until now. I would like you to start loving Saturday mornings as well. Nothing more. There are no asterisks at the end of the sentence, evilly referencing clauses in a tiny font.

Saturday morning: variation [...]

An interview with the guitarist and music composer Yoni Vidal by Dessislava Berndt
Yoni, what is the meaning of music for you?
For me music is a mixture of different sounds respecting the harmony and the color of each other that, when put together, become a powerful creation that can create emotions and memories to us, humans.

Photo: [...]

Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s interview with Susan Piver

Susan Piver is a writer, teacher, and speaker on topics such as love, creativity, and spirituality. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do” and the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, [...]

An interview by Petia Petkova with the fashion designer Virginia Zdravkova
Translation by Asya Draganova

Virginia Zdravkova is a leading figure in Bulgarian fashion. She is the author of five fashion lines: formal dresses and wedding dresses, jeans, jewellery, shoes, and sunglasses. The successful designer sells her collections in a number of international centres and capital [...]

Vania Nikolaeva interview with designer Sofia Husein
Translation by Maria Aladjova

The project “Sofia from Sofia” started on January 2008 г. while I was studying fashion design in Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.
Once, while we were shooting the photo shoot for my collection trash-couture in Sofia, Bulgaria, the make up artist (who is my friend) suggested [...]

By Ellie Ivanova Ponti

Photo: Leo Ponti
Many people see collecting art as an investment. And it is true that its value over time will probably grow. However, building a relationship with art is really a way of self-expression. It is an affirmation of our own worldview and creativity, even as viewers. Collecting art that reflects our [...]

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 [...]

By Ellie Ivanova Ponti
I love browsing through fashion advice books, but it’s always out of curiosity. I like to see a different interpretation of what women should look like – and how that changes through time. I never follow the advice contained in those books because I forget the specifics. And they are so different [...]

Katerina Stoykova-Klemer’s interview with Joel DiGirolamo

Joel DiGirolamo has over 30 years of staff and management experience in Fortune 500 companies. He has a BSEE, MBA, and an MS Psychology degree. The combination of his diverse work experience and education enable him to relate to individuals at all levels and positions of any organization in any [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer James Lee

Why did you decide to become a fashion photographer?
I got bored of taking pictures of my friends and family and wanted to work with models and make my pictures look like they were from a fashion magazine and generally be more creative. I guess it’s [...]

Interview by Yana Radilova with the photographer Natalia Abramova

How and when did you become involved with photography?
I’ve been studying at Russian State University Of Cinematography. Every year there is a student film festival. I was charmed by the atmosphere of the place.It was really fantastic. I didn’t miss any film nor any workshop.
But what impressed [...]

By Ellie Ivanova Ponti

As I stopped by Leo’s workplace the other day, I noticed that almost 30% of the cars in the parking lot bore vanity license plates. That struck me as unusual – I think that among the general car population, vanity plates don’t exceed 5%. Are those car owners identity-challenged or, on the [...]

Ellie Ivanova Ponti

Photo: quartermane
Speaking of fashion, I didn’t delve into the question whether style is really a personal expression of self identity or just a convention, a formula offered by society and used by an individual in one combination of elements or another. Is an individual ever free, after all, to use any piece of [...]

Beauty is the meaning of the world. To enjoy beauty is to understand the world. – Otto Julius Bierbaum

Built on an artificial island 280 m from the Persian Gulf, the seven star hotel Burj al Arab is “the pearl of architecture and luxury” and merits the title “symbol of Dubai”. With its 321 m, [...]