The Sofia-based Synthesis Gallery continues its tradition of showcasing old and little-known masters of photography in Bulgaria from the end of the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th century. The first in-depth study of Georg Wolz's..
A photographer, motorcyclist and musician, Georgi Hadzhiev has dedicated much of his time to exploring the forsaken territories in his native Bulgaria. He is looking for villages hidden high up in the mountains at over 1,000 metres altitude...
Wind in the branches, birdsong, raindrops and cracking glass from broken windows – this is what Bulgaria’s ghost villages sound like. In the region around Tryavna, a small town in the Balkan Range, there are some 100 old villages and..
Shortly after the euphoria around the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations in Bulgaria, it is now time for the processions of masked dancers. Bulgaria’s kukeri dancers (mummers) dress in costumes made of animal hair, don scary masks and belts..
Who is the most impressive of the women in Sofia? Bulgarian photographer Vihren Georgiev is looking for an answer to this question through his new project in which he collects many faces of women whom he encountered, accidentally or not, in..
It looked like Ivan-Alexander and Stefania had decided to go with the flow and see where it took them. But in fact they set off a series of wondrous events in a border village in Mount Strandzha. And while the pandemic has kept people at..
That is how Rositsa Dimitrova - travel blogger, photographer and… dreamer – describes herself. Her blog was awarded this year’s Ministry of Tourism prize in the “Internet blog” category for her article “43 Perfect Ideas for Day Trips from..
Stoyan Yorgov chooses to present himself to the Bulgarian audience with the colours of the white-black range – that special light, from which the hot desert air trembles before your eyes, and your skin shivers from the salty coolness of the..
He is not a professional photographer but truly enjoys touring familiar and little-known corners of Bulgaria and capturing what he sees in his photographs. Initially fascinated by landscape photography, he gradually shifted his interest to folklore...
Silenced by the uncertainty what life will be once the coronavirus pandemic is over, we are drawing the balance sheet and promising ourselves to change. However, some people have always lived with the good-sometimes they deliberately look for it..
