Lighthouses series 2014-2016
In the series, “Lighthouses”, I made “portraits” of the now disappearing seaside navigational lights in Bulgaria between Ahtopol and Shabla. These sites are doomed to disappear due to the availability of modern technology and satellite navigation. The project includes the oldest Bulgarian lighthouse, located in Shabla, the lighthouse of Cape Maslen, which looks akin to a medieval fortress, and the lighthouse of Kavarna, which is very similar to a flying saucer. Some of the navigational lights are inside military bases and one of them is in the royal residency of Evksinograd. Today the lighthouse in Tzarevo is replaced by a bronze sculpture of a Thracian goddess and the old lights of Cape Galata are on the brink of being consumed by a landslide.
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Lighthouses (Series)
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Born: 1968 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Lives and works in Sofia.
Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from Technical University of Sofia in 1991.
Studied in Ivaylo Stoyanov’s contemporary photography art classes and participates in his master class since 2014.
AWARDS
Non-Professional PX3 2022 Special / Special Effects Bronze SURREAL MINIMALISTIC LANDSCAPE
Non-Professional BIFA 2019 Category Winner Architecture Lighthouses
Non-Professional BIFA 2019 Subcategory Winner Architecture-Buildings Lighthouses
FAPA 2016/2017 2nd Place Winner in Architecture Lighthouses
Non-Professional MIFA 2022 Honorable Mention Fine Art-Special Effects SURREAL MINIMALISTIC LANDSCAPE
Non-Professional TIFA 2020 Honorable Mention Fine Art-Abstract Magic Roads
Non-Professional MIFA 2018 Honorable Mention Architecture-Buildings Lighthouses
FAPA 2018/2019 Nominee in Seascape Before the Season series Project Mist
FAPA 2017/2018 Nominee in Photomanipulation Sculpture and Space
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Art – Other Lighthouses
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Architecture Lighthouses
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Art – Collage Parallel Worlds
FAPA 2015/2016 Nominee in Conceptual Parallel Worlds
Lives and works in Sofia.
Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from Technical University of Sofia in 1991.
Studied in Ivaylo Stoyanov’s contemporary photography art classes and participates in his master class since 2014.
AWARDS
Non-Professional PX3 2022 Special / Special Effects Bronze SURREAL MINIMALISTIC LANDSCAPE
Non-Professional BIFA 2019 Category Winner Architecture Lighthouses
Non-Professional BIFA 2019 Subcategory Winner Architecture-Buildings Lighthouses
FAPA 2016/2017 2nd Place Winner in Architecture Lighthouses
Non-Professional MIFA 2022 Honorable Mention Fine Art-Special Effects SURREAL MINIMALISTIC LANDSCAPE
Non-Professional TIFA 2020 Honorable Mention Fine Art-Abstract Magic Roads
Non-Professional MIFA 2018 Honorable Mention Architecture-Buildings Lighthouses
FAPA 2018/2019 Nominee in Seascape Before the Season series Project Mist
FAPA 2017/2018 Nominee in Photomanipulation Sculpture and Space
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Art – Other Lighthouses
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Architecture Lighthouses
IPA 2016 Honorable Mention Fine Art – Collage Parallel Worlds
FAPA 2015/2016 Nominee in Conceptual Parallel Worlds
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