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Jacko Vassilev: Bulgarian, Jacko Vassilev has been a professional photographer since 1983. From 1983 to 1989, worked for the Electrical Supply Company Enerosnabdiviane doing technical photography. Since 1989 has been a freelance photographer. In 1990, was promoted to Art Photographer by the Ministry of Culture and the Bulgarian Photography Society with a diploma of Art Photography from the Bulgarian Ministry of Education's Julius Fuchik Technical School for Polygraphy & Photography and was awarded a Diploma of Art Photography from the Ministry of Culture and the Bulgarian Photography Society in 1990. Jacko has written two books and is currently working on a third. His work has been published internationally and can be found in fine art museums and galleries around the globe. Vassilev began photographing his fellow Bulgarians in 1972, at a time when the country was still under communist rule. After government officials raided his darkroom, accusing Vassilev of presenting a pessimistic and gloomy side of Bulgaria, he hid his negatives in a relative's barn. As Vassilev himself stated: "I really want to preserve all we have in Bulgaria, especially the army of the old generation. Those people have something that the young generation does not have. A spirit --- I have seen it in their eyes, in their hands, and on their faces. The grand and endless expressions on their faces are so natural, so real: sometimes I wish my photography could have smell and sound. At least [these photographs are] something that will remain for future generations. Photography is a big art and no one, no regime, no government; no party can stop the creation of it". Jacko's photographs have been exhibited internationally and are included in the permanent public art collections of the International Center for Photography in New York City, and the European Center of Photography in Paris. Other prestigious museum, private and corporate collections which hold his work include: The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama; The Bayly Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia, and many others. Vassilev has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world including those in the countries of Yugoslavia, England, Germany, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Venezuela, Italy, Bulgaria, Poland, Belgium, Hungary, Australia, Estonia, France, Rumania, Canada, Holland and the United States. Vassilev's work has been written about extensively in art and photography publications worldwide, including a book of his photographs entitled Bulgarians, which was published in 1994 by Contrejour Publishers in Paris. For more information about the art or the artist, please contact: BOI's of New Hope Art Gallery 9 W. Mechanic Street New Hope, PA 18938 215.862.8292 boisofnewhope@verizon.net |
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| Lovers, Paris | San Francisco | |
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| Fort Collins, Colorado | First of May | |
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| Hungry for Love | Fisherman, Rockland Maine | |
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| La Plan Water Dam, France | Kiss the Musician | |
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| The Leader | ||
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