Amorpha Youth Foundation and Contemporary Space present the second discussion in Bulgarian of Amorpha’s disussion series Breakwater Talks:
Breakwater Talks : Български

Topic: The photojournalist in action: an objective narrator

Guest speaker: Hristo Rusev, photojournalist

Moderator: Iva Georgieva, journalist at the Bulgarian National Television
Date: 2 March 2018, Friday
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 h
Venue: Contemporary space – 23 Marko Balabanov Str, Varna, Bulgaria
FREE ENTRY
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THE PHOTOJOURNALIST IN ACTION – AN OBJECTIVE NARRATOR
○ Key professional requirements: topicality and objectivity
○ Risk zones and work in dangerous conditions
○ Challenges to working freelance in Bulgaria and abroad
○ Ethical issues. Are there situations which should not be captured or published?
 
The guest speaker:

Hristo Rusev is a young Bulgarian photojournalist. Currently at the age of 23, he already has his photographs acknowledged and published by some of the world’s most prestigious media like The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN, Associated Press, National Geographic Magazine, New York Magazine, ELLE Magazine and others.
In the last 3 consecutive years he was awarded the Best Bulgarian Young Photojournalist prize by BG PRESS PHOTO Awards, as well as the first prize in the International Photojournalism category. Since January 2018 he is a member of the Association of European Journalists in Bulgaria.
His passion in photography began with taking photos of the picturesque Bulgarian mountains. However, soon he was contacted by a local newspaper and started work as a photojournalist. At that time Rusev was still a teenager and had to balance between work and school. Later, he participated in many international master classes like the course on Documentary and Street photojournalism by the legendary Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt during the World photography awards of Sony in London in 2015.
Hristo Rusev is in constant search of the next story. They range from gazing at people’s everyday life to being at the epicenter of the breaking news. He has covered political events, protests and war.
“I was 14 years old when I first took up the camera and I have not put it down ever since. 9 years later photography has become more than a passion to me – it is part of me and the way I see life.”

 
The moderator:

 
Iva Georgieva is a news anchor and reporter at the Bulgarian National Television’s regional office in Varna. Iva, 28 years, was born in Varna where she studied at the National High School for Humanities and the Arts. Later, she graduated from Sofia University with a degree in Cultural Studies. Among the vairous professional spheres in which she has worked, she considers journalism to be the biggest and most motivating challenge so far.

Photographer: Hristo Rusev. Maelbeek metro station in Brussels, Belgium, on April 25, 2016, opened the doors again after the terrorist attacks which took away the life of 31 people and much more were injured. The metro station and the city are under control with a lot of safety measures by police and the military.

Photographer: Hristo Rusev. 1 May 2018. Banned by the government Labour Day Demonstrations at Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey,

 
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Public talks on a variety of topics by local and foreign presenters. We are aiming to create healthy discussion forums, exchange opinions, involve foreign diaspora, help improve fluency in a range of key languages, especially by young people. We have selected as venues the local spots which these languages and their cultures inhabit. Organised by Amorpha Youth Foundation and partners.