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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Photo: woodleywonderworks The team of the Public Republic Online Magazine is pleased to invite you to the multimedia Art Evening, organized with the support of the German-Bulgarian Society in Hamburg, the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin, the Society for Bulgarian-German Economic and Cultural Relations in Germany, Bulgarreklama and Accents, a US-based radio show for literature, […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Samantha Nicol What kind of photography in your opinion best suits your personality? Macro photography in particular, flowers. Being a patient person and meticulous I enjoy working with small depth of fields. This also suits the Scottish Climate as I can still indulge in my passion even when it’s […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Patrick Caire Please tell us about your experience as a photographer. Well, as a photographer, I really have no experience. I don’t have a professional career or any sort of qualifications relating to photography. I guess if you consider someone who loves photography and is constantly taking pictures a […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Tomer Jacobson When and how did you realize that you would like to make the photography a part of your life? It all started a year ago when I was 36. I was working for the High-Tech industry for 10 years before that as a marketing communication manager and […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Hari Prasath What got you attracted to photography? Memories… this was the first attraction for me towards photography. Then, the photographs of many experts actually made me think, the memories can be captured in a better way, which eventually gives me a satisfaction of ‘The Memory’ and ‘The Beauty’ […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the painter Martin Key (Yavan) Originally I am from Hungary. I’ve lived in some really great spots all around the world; most recently in Dublin, Ireland. My art is what directs me from place to place, as well as from stroke to stroke, and not the other way around.

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the artist Christo Kuzmanov Christo Kuzmanov was born in Sofia, but has been living and creating art for 18 years in Sweden. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in the USA, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria. He has taken part in charitable exhibitions and many connoisseurs own pieces of his […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Sam Dobrow Tell us more please about your growth as photographer? I started taking photos of my friends in the 6th grade. By the time I was in high school I had a black and white darkroom and was taking photography classes that emphasized traditional photography, the zone system […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Paul Bruins When and how did you decide to make photography a part of your life? Although I have been interested in photography since early childhood, unfortunately the cost of developing and printing my film-based photographs was prohibitively expensive. Photography became a part of my life soon after I […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the Swedish photographer Jonas Adner I love creating things, and I have a need to express myself. I do it mostly by creating pictures but also by using clay. I started using photos in my works about 2 years ago; before that I mostly made my illustrations by hand, with watercolor […]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with painter Svetlana Gencheva Translated from Bulgarian by Velina Vateva The pure gaze of a child quickly grows dim under the influence of ideas, prejudices and abstract notions. The natural and free human being puts on the heavy armor of the Ego. Only after many years do we instinctively realize that the […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Bianca Van der Werf Movement – me Bianca van der Werf was born in Den Haag, The Netherlands and there she studied Architectural Design at the Royal Academy of Arts. Since 2005, she has been hooked on photography and devotes her time to this form of art. Before that […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Gerardo Gomez Who is Gerardo Gomez? Gerardo Gomez is a young visual artist from El Salvador, Central America, turning 20 this year. A dreamer and a rebel, with an immense passion about his art. We are starting a new century and a new millennium; things are evolving and we are looking […]