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Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Francisco Valera Why did you choose photography as your hobby? Well, first because it is a cheap hobby due to Internet and digital techniques, and second because I can translate my ideas in the different ways of photo composition. Space collector No choice – save our world

Zlatina Dimitrova’s interview with the photographer Erich Morton Erich Morton: Photography was just what I thought about increasingly over my life Why did you get involved with photography? Why not any other art?  My father was a photography enthusiast and I remember always liking his photos from his trips to India and France. I had […]

An interview with Eric Lafforgue by Desislava Velichkova Africa’s passion by Eric Lafforgue Born in 1964, Eric Lafforgue lives in Toulouse, France. Ever since he was young, he has been fascinated by far away countries and travelling, and spent some time in Africa, unknowingly retracing Monfried and Joseph Kessels footsteps when he was 10 years […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Oleg Igorin When and how did you “discover” your passion for photography? I suddenly was going along a shop window and saw a digital camera. I remember it was Olympus. It was 5 years ago. I think my passion for photography began technically at that moment. Esthetically I […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Antonio Garcia Antonio Garcia: “The Most Important Thing in Fashion Photography is Passion” How were you attracted to the world of fashion? When I was learning photography, I was introduced to many photographers. A lot of disciplines, a lot of different fields: documentary, sports, landscapes, still photography… and […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer Christian Leitner How has photography become an important part of your life? A benefit of working at a university is that you can travel a lot to places you would normally not visit as a tourist, so I started to take pictures wherever I went. But the real […]

An interview with Maria Jose Rivera by Ani Vasileva She always has admired the way people expresses their emotions. She doesn’t care how they do it. Everyone has an inner world and any way they choose to express it is fine with her. She believes the most important thing about taking photos is having a […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the fashion photographer James Lee Why did you decide to become a fashion photographer? I got bored of taking pictures of my friends and family and wanted to work with models and make my pictures look like they were from a fashion magazine and generally be more creative. I guess it’s […]

An Interview with Joanne Cruickshank by Desislava Velichkova The reason I was very impressed with your work is the way you use a woman’s body. It’s absolutely amazing how you succeed in presenting all the beauty of the naked female soul… Can you tell me more about it?  I like to use myself in my […]

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” – Ernst Haas

An interview with Antonis Liokouras by Ani Vasileva Antonis Liokouras His name is Antonis Liokouras. He was born in Port-Said Egypt 52 years ago from parents of Greek nationality. They moved to Athens in the late ’60s, where he attended a private French-Greek school. He studied Graphic Design and Photography in Athens He have worked […]

Joachim Brink is a freelance photographer and writer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Born in 1978, he has been an avid photographer since the age of eleven, when he was given an old Zeiss Ikon medium format camera from the 1950s. His photographs have been published in several magazines, and he is a frequent reviewer of […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Els Boudewijnse Els Boudewijnse was born and raised in the Netherlands. Lived in a beautiful rural little village until age twenty-three; these surroundings nurtured her love of nature. She can remember walking around with a small camera at eight years old, taking pictures of the goats, chickens, turkeys and […]

An interview with Anna Sanfeliu by Desislava Velichkova Anna Sanfeliu was born in 1977 in Barcelona, Spain. With 3 years she moved to Mexico with her family and stayed 16 years until she finished high school. During that period Anna had her first contact with photography and  took her first analogue course. “We where few […]

An interview with Laurent Goldstein by Desislava Velichkova Laurent Goldstein: “In my portrait gallery most of the time people are smiling. I am addicted to happiness!” Laurent Goldstein was trained to be an architect, but then he became the designer and the art manager of several high fashion companies in Paris, London and Milan, before […]

An interview with Andrea Benedetti by Ani Vasileva He was born in Italy in 1970 but he doesn’t feel like a citizen of any country. He was very lucky to have adventurous parents and because of them he grew up all over the world. He spent his childhood living in Africa, first Ethiopia, and then […]

The faces speak … Who is Vessy Borisova? A photographer, a film producer, a diver, a mother and a very creative and positive person. Who loves life with all its challanges. What impresses you about the human face? The face is the silent story of a human life. A poem, written from the soul about […]

An interview with Marcos Rivero by Ani Vasileva He was born in 1972 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Though his job is not related to photography, he finds time every day to sit with his pictures as a way of escaping of daily problems and relaxing. First he became interested in […]

An interview with Lara Alegre by Ani Vasileva Her name is Lara, she is from Barcelona, and she is in love with photography. It was not a love at first sight… She started taking photos seriously about three years ago, and since then she haven’t stopped. She see poetry in photography. What she love the […]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the photographer Apolonia Castilla Please tell us more about your path into photography. I started with photography at the age of 9 when I bought a compact camera. I had a couple of compact cameras for 20 years and I bought a SLR camera and several Practika filters and developed personal […]