EDUCATION

9/72-6/76 - Stefan Halachev Vocational School, Plovdiv
10/82-11/85 - Julius Futchic Institute of Photography,Sofia
9/86-4/90  - Plovdiv University

Philosophy - Photography is much like learning to see, as it for the very first time, the essence that lives and luminesces within everething. It is miraculous visual music that can be heard and felt. My hope is the viewer to "hear" it too.

Work Experience

6/79-2/84 - Photographer in a firm “Photo Services”, Plovdiv. Activities there included: portrait, school and children, weddings, industrial and other types of Photography.
4/84-10/86 - Staff Photographer for Maritsa Agricultural Institute, Plovdiv. My daily professional tasks covered: microprints (under a microscope), documenting various processes in the cells, as well as levels of development of plants, diseases in the plants, annual reports and photo correspondence for the Institutional newspaper.
9/86-4/90 - Photo Reporter for Plovdiv University newspaper.
2/88-10/89 - Photography Collaborator for Iskra newspaper, Plovdiv, which reflected the political and economic life in Bulgaria.
2/91-present - Freelance Photographer, combining all experiences from the past.
Art Photographer – exhibitions, galleries, international art photography organizations, art photography magazines and market in Bulgaria and the USA.
Excellent work with all formats in Commercial Photography – from 35 mm.; 6/4.5; 6/6; 6/9 to 9/12cm. Highly skilled in commercial photography lighting and all types of modern professional photography gears.
Fluent in English. Skilled in MS Windows 98, Microsoft Word, the Internet. Photoshop