TITLE: Forever Tangible

These are my grandparents. As I was growing up they were always showing me old photos and asking me if I could recognise them. I had always enjoyed looking through those printed pictures of my 5 year-old self and them as teenagers.

One thing I noticed is that there was a gap after digital cameras started to come out. That gap was because they had never bought a digital camera themselves so there were no photos of them for around 10-12 years. Now that I have fallen in love with the craft and understand how they respond to digital photos.

I took my Mamiya RB67 and a traditional blanket from the region that they live in, put them in a field since they had farmed fields for years, posed them very statically and stoically to not over exaggerate the moment - to be still, be present.

They didn't understand why I was doing it that way and why I was so adamant about shooting it on film. There are no digital files just a negative. I can print it anytime and they will have the printed photo so in 10 years I can show them and ask if they recognise themselves.

- Forever Tangible

AUTHOR: Dimitar Maleshkov (Bulgaria)

Composed, simple, minimal is what i would describe my style if i had only three words. As a storyteller whether I shoot my editorial, fashion or documentary work i use different mediums to help me tell those stories. Formats like 35mm and medium format film or digital full frame and medium format and even polaroids. I use them to get the special feeling that every person infront of the camera can give.

My main intention is to extract the character of a person and show it on a single frame. Every person has that something special that I want to show. Some people have the eyes others is just the aura that they exude. I want to tell their stories and thats how the different mediums to help me with that.