Personal work

PlamenAngelov.

What I make when no one has asked me to.

AmsterdamBerlin. UnificationHorsesSamothraceAthosIndiaRicochetBook of quotesPositive news
“Black in life is like black in black-and-white photography: when it isn't there, everything looks bland.”

Exhibitions.

Every exhibition began as a personal project, without a commission, and made it to a gallery wall. Street and documentary photography, black-and-white series and portraits.

Exhibitions that have happened and projects ready for an exhibition. Open each one and explore it at full size.

Once divided by two seemingly incompatible opposites, today Berlin has become a modern union of East and West.

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In the city, what people make meets nature and time by accident, and out of this exquisite abstract images are born. All the works are shot on one plane: the different faces of the street's “soil”, the faces of the street.

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Black-and-white street photography from Amsterdam.

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The “Calling” series is my own, very personal project: portraits of the most interesting person I have met in my whole life. Portraits made over 4 years.

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A series of four frames about the almost human closeness between two horses: a tenderness and a bond that go beyond the frame of animal and human. As if any moment now they will speak. Actually, they don't even need to.

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“Black-and-white photography takes away the temptation to enjoy visual candy.”

From the exhibitions.

Openings and setting up exhibitions
Plamen hanging black-and-white photos on the wall
“Some of the best things begin with a backpack on your back.”

Films.

Samothrace

Documentary · 12 minutes · YouTube, the “Meditation & Tea” channel (in Bulgarian)

A journey to the Greek island of Samothrace, tied to the ancient mysteries. A film about the place, the silence and what you find when you set out with a backpack on your back.

Athos

Documentary · coming soon

A pilgrimage as a kharizanin, a lay pilgrim, to the Bulgarian monastery of St. George the Zograf: a week of work for the monastery and life among the monks. A very personal experience, through my eyes.

India

Documentary · coming soon

A first-person film about the people of India: the reality there, how people live with one another and how everyone is part of something much bigger.

The films and the book are also part of the path of “Meditation & Tea”. To meditacia.org ↗

Artfor your wall.

Limited-edition prints from the personal series.

Prices start at €150 and depend on the size. I also ship abroad.

Licata U40 × 23 cm, limited edition
Ricochet, black-and-white print from the Licata U series
Ricochetfrom €150
Circle, black-and-white print from the Licata U series
Circlefrom €150
Secret, black-and-white print from the Licata U series
Secretfrom €150
Trace, black-and-white print from the Licata U series
Tracefrom €150
Turn, black-and-white print from the Licata U series
Turnfrom €150
AmsterdamStreet photography, 2015
No. 04, black-and-white print from the Amsterdam series
№ 04from €150
No. 08, black-and-white print from the Amsterdam series
№ 08from €150
No. 05, black-and-white print from the Amsterdam series
№ 05from €150
Unification (Be)r(Li)nBerlin, 2017
No. 02, black-and-white print from the Unification (Be)r(Li)n series
№ 02from €150
No. 07, black-and-white print from the Unification (Be)r(Li)n series
№ 07from €150
No. 05, black-and-white print from the Unification (Be)r(Li)n series
№ 05from €150
White HorsesSeries
No. 01, black-and-white print from the White Horses series
№ 01from €150
No. 03, black-and-white print from the White Horses series
№ 03from €150
CallingPortraits, 2012
No. 02, black-and-white print from the Calling series
№ 02from €150
No. 06, black-and-white print from the Calling series
№ 06from €150
No. 04, black-and-white print from the Calling series
№ 04from €150
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Bookof quotes.

Short inspiring thoughts, gathered over years of practice. Coming soon, in Bulgarian.

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