BTA. Winners of Nationwide Award for Photographic Artwork Introduced

An award-giving ceremony was held in Samokov, Western Bulgaria, on Saturday to present out prizes within the nationwide competitors for photographic artwork named after the primary Bulgarian photographer Atanas Karastoyanov, who was from Samokov. 

The primary prize went to Ivelina Berova, who was distinguished for her vital achievements within the photographic craftsmanship, excellent creativity, and powerful creative influence. The second award was given to Krassimir Kunev, and the third, to Ilian Iliev. 

The awards got by Samokov Mayor Vladimir Georgiev who mentioned that the thought of the competitors is to pay tribute and recognition to Karastoyanov who laid the foundations of images in Bulgaria. The award was established as a bridge between the current and the previous, Georgiev mentioned. 

He mentioned that the Dospevska Home in Samokov is predicted to be restored as a museum subsequent 12 months, the place a part of the challenge is the recreation of an genuine images studio from the early nineteenth century. 

The award-giving ceremony was attended by BTA Director Common Kiril Valchev who congratulated the Samokov City Corridor for preserving and spreading the legacy of the particular person “with out whom we might not have had the photographs of nationwide heroes Vassil Levski, Stefan Karadja, Panayot Hitov, and others”. 

Valchev mentioned that BTA retains the largest archive of photographs in Bulgaria, noting that the archive might be digitalized in a challenge funded below the Nationwide Restoration and Resilience Plan. 

Valchev mentioned that BTA will additional enhance its staff of picture reporters, in order that within the foreseeable future the information company may have full-time photographers in each regional centre. 

BTA is to open a nationwide press membership in Samokov within the coming weeks, Valchev mentioned.