BALKAN PHOTOGRAPHIC FORUM - PRED MEN is a photographic event which takes place within one calendar year. Organizers of the event are visual-art-studio CREATIVE HALL and chain stores PhotoSynthesis. The first stage of the publication for 2009 starts with 2 photographic exhibitions dedicated to the legend HASSELBLAD, which opened on September 14, 2009 from 18 pm at City Art Gallery - Lovech. 

 
Hasseblad Masters Awards 2008
Photographic marks Hasselblad is a benchmark for the highest quality professional photography. Within BALKAN PHOTOGRAPHIC FORUM - PRED MEN, 2009 to present 10 of the best masters of photographic art in the world, winning the prestigious International Prize for Photography Hasselblad Masters Awards /collection is provided by PhotoSynthesis - official representative of a Hasselblad for Bulgaria/. Each year Hasseblad Masters characterized by a photographer in the 10 competition categories - architecture, reportage, fashion, art photography, general photography, nature and landscape, portrait, product and wedding photography as well as a separate category "upcoming" for new talent . They are awarded in recognition of professional photographers with outstanding contribution to the art. 

 

Another exhibition - GAME OF LUCK is exhibition of the winner of the First Price of last year's National Photographic session, PRED MEN, 2008 - Eugenia Maximova. It presents the author's draft of 35 photographs taken by her beloved Hasselblad. The photographs were shot in different parts of the world and are exposed in several series in the form of installation.



The exhibition will remain in Lovech until the end of September.

All participants in the forum will be able to get close and work with the wide range of professional studio lighting and accessories, for the second consecutive year DYNAPHOS provide Photographic BALKAN FORUM - PRED MEN, 2009.


DYNAPHOS® is well know brand for professional studio photo equipment, manufactured according to high quality standards and using the latest technology innovations in this field. Components used in DYNAPHOS products and produced by leading companies like - Perkin Elmer, Siemens, General Electric, Philips and more.
Production process takes place at new modern plants situated in Shanghai and certified according to ISO 9001: 2000. This guarantees best quality at reasonable price. 


DYNAPHOS® is the best choice for: 

- Photographers who plans to equip a new photo studio - because of wide range and good offers for complete kits 

- Photographers who plans to renovate and add new equipment to their studio - because of universal products 

- Amateur photographers with low budget - most competitive photo equipment on market. 


PRODUCT RANGE 
DYNAPHOS® offers a wide range of products: 

- Ready studio kits and easy tool to config your own studio 

- Studio flashes - divided to four classes designed for different needs and budgets 

- Portable kits - generators and flash heads for outdoor photographers 

- Accessories for studio flashes - rich choice of reflectors, soft boxes, synchronizers, power packs and etc. 

- Stands - Various solutions for studio flashes, starting with tripods and finishing with whole interior installations, photo camera tripods are also offered.. 

- Various solutions for table top photography - Light cubes, tents and product tables. 

- Backgrounds - made of paper and with polymer base; solid colored, hand painted, printed, semitransparent, totally over 1000 types. 

- Flash meters - distributor for Polaris, Japan flash meters 

Official web site DYNAPHOS:
http://www.dynaphos.com

Hasseblad Masters Awards represent the best of photography as an inspiration, communication and beauty. 

Each year Hasseblad Masters distinguished photographer in a 10-competition categories - architecture, reportage, fashion, art photography, general photography, nature and landscape, portrait, product and wedding photography as well as the separate category "upcoming" for new talent. They are awarded in recognition for professional photographers with outstanding achievements in art photography. 

They are young and old, from East or West, classics and the experimenter, or traditionalists, and even modern futuristic vision. Unites them, perhaps only a single thing - they are masters of time and emotion, recreate the image - masters in the art and profession called photography. 


More: 
http://www.hasselblad.com/mastersPublicJury 

 


Selected category PORTRAIT:

BULGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY - SELECTED presents Photographic Academy, 12-30 August in National Art Gallery, Sofia.

 

One of the most significant photographic events in recent 20 years will be held at the National Art Gallery in Sofia. On 12.08.2009 by 19 pm will open the exhibition "Bulgarian Photography - Selected". The exhibition makes a review of the history of photography for Bulgaria 1916 - 2009. There are 381 photographs submitted by more than 100 of the most prominent Bulgarian artists over the years. 



The name "chosen" is not accidental, as the exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the National Association Photographic Academy  and presents the selection of the best records of the organization, which numbers 5,000 works. 

 

The exhibition can be visited until 30 August. 

Album was issued, which includes not only photographs, displayed in the exhibition, and other staff of the Bulgarian emblematic photograph, selected from the archives of the association. It can be purchased at the opening, and in the office of Photographic Academy. 

For more information: http://www.photoacademy.org/

PhotoSynthesis presents the exhibition "Forbidden Zone" of Elena Yoncheva and Nikolai Stoikov from the 7th until the 26th of August in a PhotoSynthesis store - Varna. Two Bulgarian journalists - Elena Yoncheva and Nikolai Stoykov travel for 20 days through Israel and Palestinian territories - the West Bank and Gaza, and shoot one of the most tragic moments in recent history of both nations. Photographs were taken in January 2009 in the cities of Jerusalem, and Gaza. Photos are reverberations of the long conflict between Israel and Palestine, in particular the effects of Israelian bombing over Gaza.

Opening will be held from 18:30 to 7.08 pm in PhotoSynthesis store - Varna (24, Tzar Osvoboditel blvd). At 20:00 pm after the opening there will be screening of the documentary film "Hamas - a restricted area”, where the authors expand their story of these events.

For more information and photos:

http://www.photosynthesis.bg/?news=140