25 Years Later

07.07 - 19.07.2011
An exhibition of Kazanlak'85 Photo Group: Alexander Ivanov, Zhelian Nikolov, Bedros Azinyan, Marian Dimitrov and the late Georgi Dimov
Opening: 07.07.2011 at 19:00
Art Center Photosynthesis

Kazanlak'85 Photo Group was established on January 2, 1985 in the town of Kazanlak. Founders of the Group are artist-photographers Alexander Ivanov, Zhelian Nikolov, Bedros Azinyan, Georgi Dimov and Marian Dimitrov.

From the very start of its existence, with the first exhibitions, the Group demonstrated its presence as a new for its time phenomenon in Bulgarian photography life. Featuring distinctive personal creative approach and view of the world, each member of the Group individually, and at the same time fusing in the common spirit, create their images, landscapes, design or still-life works, with incredible laboratory performance. The Five from Kazanlak have won some of the most prestigious awards at all national and international competitions they participated in, thus giving grounds to speak of the advent of Kazanlak Photography School.

Today, 25 years after their first event, they present their successive exhibition in which each of them participates with 10 works. Regretfully, the Group is missing one incredible member and friend, Georgi Dimov. May he rest in peace.

Marian Dimitrov

Alexander Ivanov

Zhelian Nikolov

Bedros Azinyan