Samuil Velichkov

A self-taught, award-winning fine art photographer from Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Photography was just a hobby in my school years, until I rediscovered it as
a fine art and it has become a real passion for me.

Whenever I take photos, I do it for myself. Over the years I have called this process in different ways – hobby, passion, escape, challenge, sanctuary, adventure. Today the only word that I associate with photography is love.

My photos do not have the purpose of sending a message, looking for truths, making an impression. They are just pieces of the reality I see and feel. When I share them with the spectator, I only hope that I manage to make him stop for a moment and cross the threshold of the frame. And there to find his own reality, own associations and emotions. It is not mandatory, but it is always pleasing when that happens.

I'm a self-taught photographer.

2019 Solo Exhibition – Arsenal of Art Gallery – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2018 Solo Exhibition – 13th Step Gallery – Burgas, Bulgaria
2018 Solo Exhibition – Arte Park Hotel – Velingrad, Bulgaria
2015 Solo Exhibition - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2012 Solo Exhibition - International Youth Club Primorsko, Bulgaria
2012 Group exhibition "Light painting of the sea" Odessa Regional History Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
2012 Group exhibition "Picture of the year Bulgaria", National Art Gallery
2012 Group exhibition - Photoacademica, Gallery Industrialna, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Group exhibition - Photo Salon Sofia
2011 Group exhibition - Festival of Arts, Apolonia, Sozopol, Bulgaria
2011 Group exhibition - "Photographic Images", National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Group exhibition "Picture of the year Bulgaria" National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria