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Interview by Violeta Petkova with Allexandre Ferreira Allexandre Ferreira:”Beauty I believe isn’t in the eyes of the beholder; it’s in your mind.” What does it mean to be a citizen of the world, as you say? I always loved to travel and I generally feel comfortable to be in any country. I seldom get home […]

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 by Dessislava Berndt with the song writer and singer Gabriella Massa Gabriella Massa, Photo: Jere-Me

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 […]

Interview by Violeta Petkova with Dušan Marčeta Dušan Marčeta: “Click by click, photography has become my obsession.” How did you get interested in photography? Well, quite by accident. Click by click, photography has become my obsession. One thing led to another. People began to show interest in my photos and it gradually became my profession. […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Vinko Mihajlovic, director of the Petrovac Jazz Festival Nikola Mimo Mitrovica, Photo: Nikolay Why and how was the Petrovac Jazz Festival founded? When was the first festival? NGO Urban Cult is a non-profitable, non-government organization, which started the first Petrovac Jazz Festival in 2007. The idea began back in 2005, […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with multi-talented artist Bastien Gaisne Bastien Gaisne, Photo: Veneta Rajnovska

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the founders of the talent management company Hadeel El Deeb and Noha Nabil Hadeel El Deeb and Noha Nabil, Photo: De Sabry

Interview by Yana Radilova with the photographer Federico Scotto d’Antuono Federico Scotto d’Antuono Federico Scotto d’Antuono was born in Naples, Italy in 1970. Growing up in a city like his gave him a lot of ways to feed his soul; observing the people, the landscape, and absorbing all the culture and the art that surrounded […]

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 Taymaz Valley Taymaz Valley:”Art in any form or medium is expression of thoughts and ideas, and I do believe no matter where you are from you can appreciate a work of beauty.” Your photos are amazing. It is easy to see that every single one of them has its own […]

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 […]

Interview by Yana Radilova with the writer Frank Burton Frank Burton: “I’d like to think there’s no limit to anyone’s imagination.” Do you remember your first steps in writing? The first proper writing I did was at the age of about eight or nine. I started writing humorous poems, which were pretty good for a […]

Interview by Yana Radilova with the photographer Dobrin Stanev Dobrin Stanev: “There is something magical in the living experience and the dance between a photographer and a model.” How did you become interested in photography? At my prom. I had the most basic film camera and I took a picture of the most beautiful girl. […]

Interview with the photographer Kevin Thom by Yana Radilova Kevin Thom: “As long as my eyes are open (and sometimes in my dreams too) I’m looking at the world as if I’m photographing it.” Birth of Kalla * Kevin Thom is an award-winning photographer who specializes in commercial, promotional and headshot photography for artists and […]

An interview with the photographer Markéta Kalvachová by Aneliya Angelcheva “All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to.” Oscar Wild Iceland is a place where Nature has put a bridge between its inexhaustible beauty and life. Icelandic beauty gives a rise […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the felinologist Nadejda Gerassimova “Just like art, rearing animals is a job which requires love and care…” Nadejda with her favourite animal Nadejda Gerassimova is a felinologist in Novosibirsk, Russia. She breeds British and Scottish shorthair cats. In international shows she wins first prizes. What is your job about? I […]