Conceptual nominee

By recreating popular dishes with plastic litter components, the main idea and goal of THE (p)LAST(ic) SUPPER is to raise the awareness about one of the biggest ecological disasters of the present days - the global plastic pollution. Since the 1950s more than 8,3 billion tons of plastic has been produced, but only 9% of it has been recycled. We are what we eat, and if we don't stop polluting our planet with plastics, the menu of our children will probably be no different than the pictured dishes. I started the project in July 2019, so far it consists of 9 compositions, but more will follow.
Image 1 - Homemade cake (polyurethane household sponges) with blueberry cream and fresh blueberries.
Image 2 - Sauteed king prawns (polypropylene rope) with chillies and Coriander on wild rice.
Image 3 - Grilled beef steak (synthetic rubber flip flop) with fried onions and Cajun spiced french fries
Image 4 - Mixed garden salad (plastic bag) with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, rockets and balsamic glaze.
Image 5 - Pizza with Mozzarella (plastic caps), red peppers (plastic cap collars), olives (plastic gaskets) and basil.

Yuliy is a street photographer, born in 1985 in Bulgaria. Since young age he was very keen on travelling and discovering new places and cultures, which led him to study in the field of tourism, he is a holder of a Master degree in Business Management. In one of his trips to London in the beginning of 2012 he discovered that photography is his real passion. Ever since he is devoted to urban and culinary photography, it is his life and love. Yuliy’s talent to spot the details and to see the street in a different perspective made his pictures to stand out very quickly. Since 2019 he holds the prestigious EFIAP/Bronze title from the International Federation of Photographic Art, the highest ranked photographer from Bulgaria. So far his photographs has won more than 100 awards on six continents. “It is not what you see on the street, but how you see it.”