Public Republic

An interview with Tiago Ribeiro by Ani Vasileva His name is Tiago Ribeiro and he is 25 years old. He has a Master in Informatics and he is the co-founder of Seegno. He’s also still very involved with student communities through Lappiz. A little over a year ago, with the academic life a bit past […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Michel Seguret What is photography for you? Photography is my passion, friendly to all other activities. Photography is also my life companion. It keeps track of what has been and will never be again, an emotional release too, it’s my way of expressing quite instinctively what surprises or pleases […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the French photographer Philippe Sainte-Laudy When the images speak louder than words… What is the one thing a camera could never capture? I believe that everything can be captured. It depends mainly on the photographer. We are all more comfortable with certain topics. For example, I do not know how to […]

Elayne Clift Photo: flavinsky Some years ago I read a book about Gypsies. It was called Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca and it changed forever the way I think about the Roma people. It’s amazing how knowing something about a too-easily-stereotyped group can alter your view of its members. Such was the case when […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the metal craftsman and musician Steve Hubback When and how did you get started in making gongs and sculptures? From 1980 til 1989 I made a living only by music and I could never find the gongs and unusual sounds I was looking for. So, in 1990 I was in Aarhus […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with Yessenia Quiros When and how did you decide to become a photographer? It’s been a long process. About twelve years ago, while on my honeymoon, I was taking pictures with a disposable camera and photographed some crabs and some landscapes. It was like discovering a new world, since then, I’ve been […]

A short story about the memory of photography Velina Vateva’s interview with the photographer Iness Rychlik How does photography extend to the way you see the world? I have always loved observing things around me, but photography has taught me to be more precise in the way I see everything and I now dedicate a […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the digital artist Ari Hariadi When and how did you discover photography for yourself? Ever since I was a kid I love to draw. About 17 years ago, while studying computer management at the university, I found some software programs for graphic design and learned them on my own. During that […]

Stiliyan Stoichev, third-place winner of the Modern Times photography contest, organized by Public Republic in 2008, was born on September 1,1969, in Targovishte, Bulgaria. He has been working as a dental mechanic for a private laboratory for the past 10 years. In 1994 he graduated from the Technical University, Varna, in machine engineering. The same […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with Valentina Giuffrè When and how did you start taking pictures? I started taking pictures five years ago during the last match of my city’s soccer team before the end of the championship. There was a great promotional party of Messina’s team and I wanted to remember all my friend’s faces and […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Norman Atkinson When and how did you discover photography for yourself? I discovered photography when we were on our honeymoon in Spain. All the other people we were with were taking photos of the beaches, swimming pool shots and the landscapes of Spain. When I got home I went […]

Ani Vasileva’s interview with Mauro Gonzalez Mauro Gonzalez What would you compare photography to? It’s too dificult to compare photography with something, but I think it is possible with food (I love to eat). There are thousands of ingredients; the interesting thing is to make the perfect mix. Photography is something like this as well; […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Claude McCoy What does photography give you? The possibility of capturing a moment in time visually, whether it’s a beautiful landscape or flower or a moment with others that I want to remember.

Interview with Elena Peteva by Yassen Vassilev Elena Peteva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1978. She lives and works in the United States, where she moved in 1995. She studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy (1995-1997), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1999-2004), as well as at the private studios of Odd Nerdrum […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Karlos Garciapons What was your original attraction to photography? The possibility of capturing in person fragments of life. Me being able to translate almost instantly an idea, a concept or a feeling that is synthesized in an image. Why do you like to take pictures of insects and other […]

Ellie Ivanova Ponti A friend of mine recommended the 1960 classic Never on Sunday (directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri) as the film that introduced foreign cinema to the larger American audience. In fact, it won several Academy Awards nominations and was a huge success. It also caused uproar in Hollywood with the fact […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Marian Spiers When did you take your first steps into photography? I took my first steps into photography when I was a teenager. I always enjoyed playing with cameras and taking images of anything I found interesting. I enjoyed documenting my life in some way and enjoyed having a […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Giorgio Mercalli When and how did you start your career in photography? I started when I was very young I mean a child. My first approach with the camera was something like curiosity for technology. Forty years ago we did not have computers, hand calculators, cellular phones and so […]

Lydia Kulekova is the third-place winner of the Modern Times photography contest, organized by Public Republic in 2008. She was born in 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has completed two photography courses (1997 and 2002) and has participated in dozens of art shows and solo exhibits. Some of them are: 2007 Sleeping Things Exhibit, Photo […]

An interview with Eduardo Moreno by Ani Vasileva http://www.edomoreno.com/ http://www.flickr.com/eduardomoreno/ I’ve been in the world of photography for about a year, but I’ve been attracted to art since I can remember. When I was perhaps 4 year old, I used to draw and paint. In my teenage years I made short films. I absorbed a […]