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Dimana Ivanova The admirers of the “arts and crafts”, knitting and stitching products had the opportunity to gather together again at the exhibition of “The Knitting&Stitching Show” which took part from the 5-th to 8-th of March in the Olympia Hall in Central London. The spectators at the exhibition had the opportunity to admire and […]

Foto: Aah-Yeah Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Foto: 96dpi Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. Art is not a study of positive reality; it is the seeking for ideal truth. George Sand (1804-1876) Foto: Ollynet68 We all know that […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the young photographer Dimana Zhelyazkova Dimana Zhelyazkova is a Bulgarian teenager, almost 19 years-old. Ever since she was a little girl, she has had an interest in painting; but few years ago she discovered photography and now she “paints” mainly through the camera. Just a week ago she graduated from […]

Agnieszka Rogowska: Colourful planes just create and talk about something, building a kind of tension You say you are interested mainly in colour and the way it can be a creativity tool. Tell us more about your attitude toward colour. It is interesting what you say as on the whole we are used to give […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the fifteen-year old photographer Eleanor Leonne Bennett Eleanor Benett Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a British Teenager who had has her photography exhibited around the globe in galleries and published around the world in magazines. She is the winner of the UK National Geographic Kids Photography Contest 2010, The World Photography […]

Photo: beamillion Sanity is a cozy lie. Today everything exists to end in a photograph. Photo: mark217 I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests […]

Interview by Yana Radilova with the photographer Ricardo Liberato Ricardo Liberato: “It is this constant pressure of shooting something I am not comfortable with that defines my photography and makes me evolve” How did you become interested in photography? Five years ago I was really drunk at 5am and my first DSLR (Canon 300D) was […]

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Irina Panyukova Irina Panyukova: “All people see and understand beauty.” Is there a certain moment in your life that made you take up photography? There was not any special event which stimulated me to start making photos. I just realised one day that it really interested me.

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Ricardson Williams Ricardson Williams: “I feel free.” Please tell us about yourself. I love photography, any kind, but I mostly do Street photography now. China is a very good place for doing Street photography.

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Javier Munoz How did painting become a main part of your life? I have been drawing and painting since I was a child. Professionally I started my carrier 21 years ago, when I was 16. Who or what has influence on your work? I like very much the paintings of […]

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Maya Lyubenova Maya Lyubenova: “I wouldn’t say there’s much difference between a photo and a haiku.“ How do you understand haiku – is it a kind of art, a way of life or necessity of the spirit? Haiku is poetry, and poetry is art, but I always say it isn’t […]

Kristin Dimitrova Photo: calliope Theodor Bogdanov was powdering his face. “Sometimes I think he is following me. No, I’m sure he follows me. Hiding in the doorway of the house across the street, waiting for me to come out. Then, as I’m trying to figure out whether the drizzle is worth an umbrella, and I’m […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the artist Mihail Kamberov Mihail Kamberov: “My paintings reflect my sensibility to the world. To me it is colourful and cheerful.” Mihail Kamberov was born on November 20, 1952 in Sofia. Mihail Kamberov frequented School of Arts in Sofia until 1973. From 1976 to 1981 he studies painting in the […]

Zdzisław Beksiński, 1984 I am obsessed with the process of creation. In my paintings I never use any “means”. I paint them completely naively, just as I would be taking photos of my own dreams.

Ludmila Yordanova This is a true story. A story indeed. Almost a saga. It has a protagonist – the singer and composer Matt Charles. It also has the circumstances required for the story to happen. The wind, the rain and the sun of Hamburg (the order of appearance varies). There are three different locations where […]

Kristin Dimitrova Photo: arcticpuppy It was love at first sight. Stooping, he entered the shop and threw a quick glance around, just in case. His coat collar was turned up and his hat was pulled over his eyes. As it closed, the door hit the little bell above and he flinched. For a moment I […]

Kristin Dimitrova Снимка: binaryape The small park was huddled behind an administrative building with forbidding windows and several blocks of flats built in different times. Squeezed among them, a yellow house still defended its privacy behind a high brick wall. It looked like an aged David puzzled which Goliath to strike first. Unremoved Christmas decorations, […]

Interview by Petia Kolencova with the artist Silvia Pavlova Translation from Bulgarian: Yana Radilova Silvia Pavlova: My eyes are eager for colours There is one night when Plovdiv changes and art is scattered on the streets. I mean the traditional art meeting “Night of museums and galleries – Plovdiv”. It was one of these nights […]

An interview with the singer and the songwriter Matt Charles by Lyudmila Yordanova Matt Charles is a singer and a songwriter, born in Tasmania. His home town is Hobart, on the island of Tasmania. More recently he lived in northern Australia and down to the port town of Fremantle on the west coast. He now finds himself in Hamburg […]

Maria Lipiskova Translation by Ludmila Yordanova Photo: woodleywonderworks To bring bombs to certain places. Slowly. Descending into deep crevices. Slowly. Filling them up with your hands. And exitting. Slowly. Placing words. At certain places. While shielding yours eyes. And walking away. Slowly. To hear the explosions?