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Vanya Nikolaeva How long have you been photographing? What is photography to you? I’ve been photographing for about 15 years. Everything started at Parallax Photo Club, Sofia, Bulgaria. At that point I was in my freshman year at Sofia University. Since then the flame has been burning increasingly. I really grew up as a photographer […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Costas Kaounas Why did you choose photography as a media to express yourself? I started taking pictures back in 1990 with a Russian Zenit 12xp camera and kept shooting analog since three years ago when I bought my first dslr, but I didn’t quit analog photography. Circus horses What […]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with Albena Popova “She indeed was not She She could talk with clouds She played at hide-and-seek and Fumbled the pockets of moods…” Albena Popova Our readers are familiar with Albena Popova’s original and unexpected whims, with her artistic surprises, with her collages, the colourful things she creates. Her experiments with words […]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with the photographer Andrea Kamal My name is Andrea Kamal. I was born on February 10, 1965 in Mülheim an der Ruhr which is located in North Rhine – Westphalia in Germany. My father was an Egyptian and my mother is a German. After finishing my school education in 1984 I went […]

Vera Baleva’s interview from Maria Kirkova’s home Translated from Bulgarian by Velina Vateva The door opens and Maria Kirkova joyfully welcomes me. Even the tiles in the entrance smile their blue color. Hanging on the walls her most recent work—incredibly colorful pieces like bright and complex paintings but weaved of threads. Kirkova is a weaver […]

Antina Zlatkova’s interview with the photographer Radomira Chipeva Radomira Chipeva: To see the beauty and uniqueness all around, amidst the chaos of everyday life, and to show them in pictures—these are some of the few things for me that are worth the effort, that really matter and give me satisfaction. How would you describe yourself […]

Translated from Bulgarian by Ellie Ivanova Ponti Antonia Marinova is the second-place winner of Modern Times, Public Republic photography contest. She believes that art and culture is what we leave behind. Antonia has participated in dozens of photography contests as well as solo exhibits. Her photos have been published in Tema newspaper (Bulgaria), Ecology and […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Nikolaj Nikolov Translated from Bulgarian by Velina Vateva I came upon photography three years ago and we quickly became inseparable friends. I even think I am in love. I love photography because through it I can successfully express my thoughts, ideas and conceptions about life and, what is most important, can […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Vanya Mitova (Vanchella) Translated from Bulgarian by Velina Vateva Vanya Mitova (Vanchella) works as a scriptwriter and photographer for TV MAD. She has also studied Visual Art, and is a self-taught photographer, doing mostly ad work. Vanchella has also been exposed to the strict lens of the camera as a model: […]

An invitation for sharing fantasy Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the photographer Ivaylo Hristov Photography enchanted Ivaylo Hristov a year ago. For him, photography is freedom and energy; it fascinates and challenges him. In my photos I have always tried to reach perfection; by that I mean expressing a simple and pure shape, without any needless […]

Interview with Christine Kuhn by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer and Vanya Nikolaeva Christine Kuhn is a visual artist, activist and art instructor based in Lexington, KY. As an artist, Christine is interested in exploring topics which (outside of the realm of examinations of pathological states) are “swept under the rug” of modern western civilization. She investigates violence, […]

Vanya Nikolaeva Paul Biddle is an English Fine Art Photographer, whose work is beyond the limits of imagination. It opens the gates of an extraordinary world where everything you see could hardly be forgotten. “My inspiration and influences range from Renaissance art to Dadaism and Surrealism, from Picasso to the flotsam and jetsam that I […]

Christopher Woods In both a literal and metaphorical way, our houses are our second skin. They exist to protect us from the elements, and from others who might do us harm. Houses are no different than the nests and shells and even burrowed holes in dark earth for the other creatures in the world. Houses […]

Vanya Nikolaeva When images speak louder than words…   Svetlan Stefanov is the winner of the “Modern times” photo contest, which took place in August 2008 in Sofia (Bulgaria). Svetlan works as a web designer and freelance photographer.   “In the process of creating my artworks, my aim is to follow the thin borderline between […]

Иван Кулеков Ivan Kulekov За да не се разпадне светът, една птица зашива водата за земята.   So that the world will not fall apart, one bird stitches the water to the earth.   Ще се местя. Или от тук там, или от там тук.   I will relocate. Either from here there, or from […]

Vanya Nikolaeva We are surrounded by the elements every single day of our lives. But when do they start being something more than just gifts of nature? When and how do they commence being art? Liliya Pobornikova is one of the people (literally) holding  the answers. She is one of those artists who is able […]

Vanya Nikolaeva Johanna Fassbender is an artist, singer and musician living in Berlin. She calls her drawings ‘blind’ because she never looks down at the page while drawing. Instead, her glance rests on the model whom she – so to speak – slowly captures. The aesthetic ideal is not the object being depicted, but rather […]

Vanya Nikolaeva Andre Demers is a 36 years old painter from Montreal, whose paintings are associated with Pop Art and Optical art, but he is inspired by constructivism and surrealism. He has given his work the name of Pop-Op art. Andre Demers has been painting for more than 14 years now. He has completed his […]

Vanya Nikolaeva Deron Cohen was born and raised in San Diego, California. He graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles, with a degree in Fine Arts. Deron has been teaching painting courses, held one man shows in Seattle, and participated in group shows at the San Diego Art Department, Limbo Fine Arts, and […]

An artist needs the strength to bring out the spiritual light of the world around us. Nikola Manev Nikola Manev, a well-known Bulgarian-born artist, recently was granted the title of Academician by BANI (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts). In the past 45 years, he has been living and working in Paris, but remains connected […]