/ 2025 / Press / Performing Arts

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Hristo Rusev, Bulgaria
• Studio
  Hi Films Ltd.
• Website
  http://hristo-rusev.com/

Silent Technicians an immersive performance by Kosta Karakashyan, was part of the “Dance Routes” VI festival, presented at Behemoth in Varna.

My name is Hristo Rusev, 26 yrs old freelance photographer. Stringer photojournalist for Getty Images, storyteller documentary cameraman for Bulevardi.bg, based in Bulgaria.5 years contributor for NurPhoto(2015-2020). I have been working as a photographer for 12 years. I have reported on: Conflict zones, social issues, political changes, sport and my photographs have been published in media like: The New York Times, WSJ, The Guardian, DW, BBC, CNN and others.

Awards -Px3 Honorable mention in 2018 and 2020.
-2020 Piblished my new photo book"Vasko Vassilev - Back Light". It is documentary story about the life backstage of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Concert Master backstage, Vasko Vassilev.
-In 3 consecutive years I have been awarded The best Bulgarian young photojournalist prize by BG PRESS PHOTO, as well as the first prize in the category International Photojournalism.
-Pic of mine is one of the CNN tops 100 travel photos from 2019 selection.
-NOOR academy masterclass in 2019.
-Published my first documentary photo book "The Last(eternal)Mime"(2014-2018).
-I have been participating in Masterclass courses by Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt Sony WPO.
-Lens Culture portfolio reviews,during World Press Photo.
-In 2017 a picture of mine was amongst the top rated in Magnum photography awards.