Vortex

Dancho Atanasov was born in 1966 in Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria. The city has been considered to be one of the oldest cities in the world and European capital of culture, 2019. Since his early childhood he has been interested in art and music and has tried out many things - from music to painting and fine arts. He gets to know photography through his uncle - skydiving as a teenager. His uncle, himself an enthusiastic parachutist and photographer, lends him his photographic equipment and teaches him the fundamentals. The artist left his time as a combat pilot and air traffic controller behind and now works as a conceptual, fine art, landscape, travel and architectural photographer. His works have received many awards and are frequently exhibited. Professional Photography Awards: City of Arts and Sciences 2018 - Architecture: Buildings – Tokyo International Photography Awards, 2019 Torre Calatrava Base - Architecture - ND Photography Awards, 2019 City of Arts and Sciencies, series 2018 - Architecture - ND Photography Awards, 2019 Mirror World - OneShot : Street Photography : Specials (shadows, reflections...), 2019 Roads and Ways - Special - Panoramic - ND Photography Awards, 2018 Blue Caves - Special : Travel/Tourism - International Photo Awards, 2018 Lazienki Palace - Special : Travel/Tourism - International Photo Awards, 2018 Roads and Ways – Finalist – Barcelona International Photo Awards/BIPA 2018/, Barcelona Lazienki Palace – Category – Press/Travel/Tourism – Prix de la Photographie, Paris – 2018 A Piece of Sky – Category Nature – International Photography Awards - One-Shot: Harmony 2018 Alligator/Navagio Beach - Nature: Landscapes - International Photo Awards, 2018 When an Angel Turns Its Back - Finalist - One Eye Land - Top 10 Black & White Photo Contest 2018 Roads and Ways - NATURE: LANDSCAPES (PROFESSIONAL) - INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, 2017 Souls - They Never Die 1 - FINE ART: CONCEPTUAL (PROFESSIONAL) - INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, 2017 City of Arts and Sciences - ARCHITECTURE: BUILDINGS (PROFESSIONAL) - INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, 2017 A Piece of Sky – Conceptual Photography – Chromatic Photo Awards, 2017 City of Arts and Sciences – Architecture – Buildings – ND Awards, 2017 Souls – They Never Die! – Special – Night Photography – ND Awards, 2017 City of Arts and Sciences – Architecture/Buildings – International Photography Awards 2017 City Of Arts and Sciences – Architecture/Buildings – Moscow International Foto Awards – 2017 Souls – They Never Die! – Fine Art/Abstract - Prix de la Photographie, Paris - 2017 City of Arts and Sciences - Advertising/Architecture - Prix de la Photographie, Paris – 2017 Eye In The Sky - Advertising/Architecture - Prix de la Photographie, Paris - 2017 Souls – They Never Die! – NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY - Nominee - 3-rd Fine Art Photography Awards, London 2017 Roads and Ways – Landscape - Prix De La Photographie, Paris 2016