Творчески звания:
AFIAP, фотограф-художник.

Верую:
Аз вярвам, че фотографския език е изключително уникален.
Той е универсално разбираем за всички хора в целия свят, независимо от техния цвят, език, вяра, произход…
Като творческа личност, аз фокусирам своите интереси в някои специфични области:
– художествена фотография (като теми): очарованието и непреходната женска красота (бодиграфия), портрет,
природа, формотворчески търсения, експеримент;
+ стокова;
+ политическа;
+ промишлена;
+ рекламна;
+ панорамна 360°;

Роден 1957г. в град Велико Търново.

• Занимава се с фотография от 1975.

• Фотограф-художник от 1985, с колекция на тема “Голо тяло” .

• Професионален фотограф от 1985.

• Специализация в High school Polygraph project, Karl Marks Staadt, DDR – 1987.

• Артист на Световната федерация за фотографско изкуство (AFIAP) от 1989г, Certificate № A 89/094.

• Съoсновател на международен фотографски пленер Бодиграфия.

• Фотостудио: Велико Търново.

  Контактна информация:
  GSM: 0899 172808
  email:gencho.petkov@gmail.com

  Списък на длъжности / дейности във фотографията (по-представителните)
  Фото клубове и асоциации:
  1979     Член и председател на фотоклуба при Централния студентски дом на културата с художествен ръководител
  доцент Живко Арабов, фотограф-художник.
  1980     Член на клуб на фотодейците в България
  1999     Съосновател на АРФ (Асоциация на рекламните фотографи в България), член
  2000     Член на ИЗА-АРТ (Асоциация за защита на авторски права).
  2004     Член на НСК
  2006 Учредител на фотографски пленер Бодиграфия
  2007 Преподава дигитална фотография във ВТУ „Св.Св. Кирил и Методий“

  Фотографски звания по период:
  1984     Фотограф-художник с промоционална колекция на тема “Голо тяло”
  1989     Артист на Световната федерация за фотографско изкуство (AFIAP), № A 89/094.

  Експонирани художествени фототворби:
  1980-2015     Germany, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, USA, Canada, India, Turkey, DDR, Greece,
  Poland, Yugoslavia, Holland, Luxembourg, San Marino, China, Romania, Mexico, Latvia, Lebanon.

  Участия и отличия, общо:
  Над 20     Международни отличия.
  Над 30     Национални отличия.
  Над 50     Участия в международни изложби, салони и конкурси.
  Над 80     Участия в национални изложби, колекции, салони и конкурси.
  Над 10 Участия във фотопленери.
  Над 10 Лектор в работилници и семинари
  1             Авторска международна изложба – Норвегия.
  9 Авторски национални изложби.
  4 Член на журита на международни ФИАП салони след 2012.

  Международни награди и отличия:
  1980     Gold medal and Special prize from 6 Competition International Europe ’80, Germany for fine art photo “Europa198…?!”
  1980     Gold medal from 3 International Competition Student’s Sofia, Bulgaria for “Nude”.
  1980     Silver medal from 12 FIAP Fotoforum – Competition International for Slides, Denmark for fine art photo “II classe”
  1980     Mention from VIII FIAP competition International Plovdiv, Bulgaria for fine art photo “Nude”
  1982     Mention from 14 FIAP Fotoforum for Slides, Germany for fine art photo “Nude”
  1982     Gold medal from 4 International Competition Student’s Sofia, Bulgaria for “xxx”.
  1983     2 award from International Competition Pentacon – ORWO, DDR for fine art photo “Nature”
  1983     Mention from 4 International Photo art salon Thionville, France, for fine art photo “Portrait in brown”
  1987     FBCP Gold medal from 9 world salon photographic – Mouscron, Belgium for fine art photo “Intim”
  1987     II award from Zeiss- Praktica, DDR.
  1987     III award from Zeiss- Praktica, DDR.
  1987     IV award from Zeiss- Praktica, DDR.
  1987     FIAP Gold medal from 5 Salon Photographic International “Creation et recherche'”, FIAP  87/42 Celle Saint Cloud, France for fine art photo “Madona – I”
  1987     Mention from 18 Salon Photographic International Venus Krakov, Poland for fine art photo “Intim”
  1987     Bronze medal from 18 Salon Photographic International Venus Krakov, Poland for fine art photo – “Creation – I”, “Creation – III”, “Madona – I”
  1987     Honorific Porcelain Medal from Height School – Karl Marks Stadt, DDR for photographic achievement
  1988     FIAP Mention from 5 Istanbul uluslararasi fotograf Yarismasi IFSAK (5 International Salon ), Turkey for fine art photo “Family”
  1989     FIAP Silver medal from  20 FIAP Monochrome Biennial Photographic Brasschaat, Belgium for fine art photo “Intim”
  1989     FIAP Mention from  20 FIAP Monochrome biennale Photographic Brasschaat, Belgium for national collection.
  1998     2 award from International Photographic Competition and exhibition “Children at risk” Kazanlak, Bulgaria for fine art photo “Family”
  2000     Kodak III award from Photographic Review – Competition “Kodak” Sofia, Bulgaria
  2001     2 award from Fotofiesta 2001 Lozenetz, Bulgaria for fine art photo “Killer’s vodka”
  2001     Prize from Fotofiesta 2001 Lozenetz, Bulgaria for fine art photo “Night”
  2004 Second Prize for Photography in the national contest “Images of Hope”
  2004 First prize in Digital Photography at the International Competition “Music in the Lens”
  2005 Second prize of Konica Minolta – 2004 with cycle “Water”
  2005 3rd Prize 2003 Fotofiesta Lozenetz, Bulgaria
  2006 1 Award “Rose – 2006″, VI national seminar in photography Kazanlak
  2007 Second Prize – online competition Imaging Resource.
  2013 6 first prizes at the Online Competition “Matter and light” – monthly photo competition 2012-2013, Photo-forum
  2013 Trophy and honorary mention from BULGARIAN Photography Academy “Yanka Kyurkchieva“
  2014 FIAP Bronze Medal (collectively, Bulgaria) in the World Cup FIAP “Friendship and Solidarity”
  
  Изложби и конкурси:
  1980     6 Competition International Europe ’80, Germany with fine art photo “Europe 198…?!”.
  1980     3 International Competition Student’s Sofia, Bulgaria with “Nude”, “Portrait”.
  1980     12 FIAP Fotoforum – Competition International for Slides , Denmark with fine art photos “II classe”, “In the forest”, “Portrait”, “Sunset”.
  1980     11 FIAP Biennial Photographic for Slide, India with fine art photos “xxx”, “xxx”.
  1980     11 International Salon Photographic Venus, Poland with fine art photo “No title”.
  1980     II Exhibition of Balkan’s Photography’s with “Nude”.
  1980     VIII FIAP Competition International Plovdiv, Bulgaria with fine art photo “Nude”.
  1981     13 FIAP Fotoforum Youths Monochrome, Switzerland with fine art photo “No”.
  1982     14 FIAP Fotoforum Youths for Slides, Germany with fine art photo “Nude”.
  1982     4 International Competition Students Sofia, Bulgaria with “xxx”.
  1982     12 FIAP Biennial Photographic for Slides, Italy with fine art photo “2 classe”.
  1983     International Competition Pentakon – ORWO, Germany with fine art photo “Nature”.
  1983     12 International Competition San Sebastian, Spain with fine art photo “2 classe”.
  1983     14 International Salon Photographic Venus, Poland with fine art photos “Nude -2″ “Portrait”.
  1983     14 International Salon Photographic Bucharest, Romania with fine art photos “Run”, “Sunset”.
  1983     3 Istanbul uluslararasi fotograf Yarismasi IFSAK (3 International Competition), Turkey with fine art photo “Nude in fly”.
  1983     11 International Salon for Art Photographic Saint Lassar, France with fine art photo “Nude”.
  1983     3 Salon Photographic International “Creation et recherche'”, Celle Saint Cloud, France with fine art photo “Ballet In white”.
  1983     17 FIAP Bienalle Monochrome, France with fine art photos “In the forest”, “Portrait”.
  1983     4 International Salon Photographic Thionville , France with fine art photos “Nude”, “Portrait in brown”.
  1983     21 International Salon Art Photographic Zagreb ,Yugoslavia with fine art photos “Nude in white”, “Nude in gray”, “Run”.
  1983     5 International Salon Art Photographic Liege, Belgium with fine art photo “Nude in fly”.
  1984     13 FIAP Biennial Photographic for Slides, Italy with fine art photos “Action”, “Eve”.
  1984     21 World Salon Photographic Exhibition Esch, Luxembourg with fine art photo “Nude in fly”.
  1984     1 Competition International Photographic Arezzo, Italy with fine art photo “Free place in the parking”.
  1984     European Photoshow -Exhibition Athena, Greece with private collection.
  1984     Bulgarian Fine Art Photos Exhibition in Mexico with collection representative.
  1985     8 World Review Photographic Mouscron, Belgium with fine art photo “Run”.
  1985     FIAP World Review – exhibition Photographic Youths San Marino, San Marino with private collection.
  1985     16 International Salon Art Photographic Macon , France with fine art photo “Visionary”.
  1985     Art Gallery “Canon” Amsterdam, Holland with Bulgarian National collection “Nude”.
  1986     1 International Salon Art Photographic Chaypath ,India with fine art photos “Intim”, “Black and white”, “Visionary”.
  1986     14 FIAP Biennial Photographic for Slides Santa Katarina, Canada with fine art photos “Free place in the parking”, “Boredom”.
  1987     4 Photographic Art Exhibition Beijig, China with fine art photo “Eyes”.
  1987 FIAP Biennial Art Photographic Monochrome, Germany with fine art photo “Visionary”.
  1987     5 Salon Photographic International “Creation et recherche'” Celle Saint-Cloud, France with fine art photo “Madona – I”
  1987     18 International Salon Photographic Venus, Poland with fine art photos “Creation – I”, “Creation – III”, “Madona I”, “Love”.
  1987     17 International Salon Art Photographic Macon, France with fine art photo “xxx”.
  1988     18 International Salon Art Photographic Macon, France with fine art photo “Intim”.
  1988     25 World Salon Photographic Exhibition Esch, Luxembourg with fine art photos “Creation – I”, “Creation – III”, “Creation – IV”.
  1988     5 Istanbul uluslararasi fotograf Yarismasi IFSAK (5 International Salon ), Turkey with fine art photo “Family”
  1988     1 International Salon Photographic Uzvara, Latvia with fine art photos “Creation – I”, “Creation – IV”, “Intim”
  1989     20 FIAP Monochrome Biennial Photographic Brasschaat, Belgium with fine art photo “Intim”
  1998 I International Photographic Competition and Exhibition “Children at risk” Kazanlak, Bulgaria with fine art photos “Family”, “My puppet”, “Broom seller“
  2000     Photographic Review – Competition “Kodak”, Sofia, Bulgaria for advertising photography.
  2000     Photographic Exhibition BAAP, Lebanon with Bulgarian national collection.
  2001     Fotofiesta 2001 Lozenetz, Bulgaria for fine art photo “Night”, “Killer’s vodka”, “No title”, “Nude and Paparazzi”
  2004 International Competition “Music in the Lens”
  2007 First international photographic salon Varna – 2007 Bulgaria
  2013 Online Competition “Matter and light” – monthly photo competition 2012-2013
  
  Авторски изложби:
  1979     Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo, Exhibition’s hall.
  1981     Bulgaria, Blagoevdrad, Exhibition’s hall.
  1982     Bulgaria, Sofia, Central Student’s hall.
  1985     Bulgaria, Oasis, Fotovacantion.
  1992     Norway, Oslo, Private gallery.
  1998     Bulgaria, Plovdiv – Old city, Balaban’s house.
  1999     Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Fair hall.
  2000     Bulgaria, Gorna Oriahovitza, Central Exhibition’s hall.
  2011 Bulgaria, Sofia, Galerry Farvut
  2011 Bulgaria, Albena, Fotovacantion

  В частни колекции:
  След 1979 USA, Germany, Austria, Israel, Bulgaria.