Co-experiencing The Wild
Sofia From July 22, 2020 to August 12, 2020
Photography exhibition by Bogdan Boev and Ivaylo Zafirov
Curator: Lyuben Domozetski
In the last few years, wildlife photography in Bulgaria has become a popular activity to which more and more photographers - professional or amateur - are turning their attention. The opportunities in this area are constantly increasing and interesting outcomes are not late as a result. Bulgarian nature provides excellent conditions for this activity, and free traveling abroad introduces allow Bulgarian photographers to visit some of the most exotic and curious places in the world. Certain directions and trends are definitely being formed, different groups of plant or animal species are undoubtedly becoming fashionable, attracting more and more interest. Photographing wild life is associated with emotional experience, discovery and a fair amount of chance, but it is possible thanks to complex knowledge and skills, to prevent it from turning photography into a negative intervention on biodiversity.
Bogdan Boev and Ivaylo Zafirov’s photography has a special place in this increasingly distinct genre, and the names of the two authors have long been well known in the community of wildlife photographers. Thanks to the excellent knowledge, patience, perseverance, individual outlook and attitude to the world, their photographs have long gone beyond the illustrative character, becoming works of remarkable artistic qualities, works that express much more than documenting a particular species. They masterfully visualise the pleasure of contiguity with nature and express a personal experience, reproduce states, build a visual story of the wildlife world, give us the opportunity to be very close to it, a world often unknown, always raw and unforced. Combining the two authors in an exhibition is a great opportunity to dive into this world. The presented photographs show a part of the extremely diverse nature of the Balkans - one, fortunately, still relatively preserved territory of the European continent. Undoubtedly, in the exhibition standing out are the birds, providing opportunity for endless photography experiments. They have become an extrmelly expressive object, but at the same time shoting them is a real patience challenge. Each photograph is a reward for the efforts, an invaluable moment, among many shots. The works affect the audience to a large extent with the presented spicies, but at the same time impresse with the magic of the captured moment and natural state, with the brilliant technical execution, the sealed conflict, the look, the angle, the light. It is these qualities that determine the artistic character of the works that have already left the territory of documentary photography. Last but not least, the photographs are a personal gesture, an opportunity to co-experience the wild and a call for reflection on the fragile balance in nature, a balance that one can very easily violate by stepping into this amazing world.
- Lyuben Domozetski
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Online exhibition
1000, Sofia
Bulgaria
+359888207109
Details
Black-Headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Mediterranean Gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 46 x 70 cm Photography - 18.1 x 27.6 inch
$299
Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$232
European bee-eater - Merops apiaster
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$232
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$232
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$232
European bee-eater - Merops apiaster
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
Black kite - Milvus migrans
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
Black kite - Milvus migrans
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 34 x 50 cm Photography - 13.4 x 19.7 inch
$232
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 34.5 x 50 cm Photography - 13.6 x 19.7 inch
$232
Lesser Spotted Eagle - Clanga pomarina and Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
Wolf - Canis lupus
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$232
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 37.5 x 50 cm Photography - 14.8 x 19.7 inch
$232
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$232
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos and Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$232
European Wildcat - Felis silvestris
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$232
Dalmatian pelican - Pelecanus crispus
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 37 x 50 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 inch
$232
Dalmatian pelican - Pelecanus crispus
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 37 x 50 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 inch
$232
Bearded Reedling - Panurus biarmicus
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 37 x 50 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 inch
$232
Ivaylo Zafirov
Bulgaria
Bogdan Boev
Bulgaria
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