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The artist photographer Zoia Krastanova was born August 12, 1955 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Twenty years later she emerged as a prominent Bulgarian photographer. She was awarded the title "Artist Photographer" and was the first photographer to be included in the Creative Fund of Bulgarian Artists.
Awards
- Golden Medal, Bulgaria International Photo show in Plovdiv
- Grand Prix, Third National Show of young photographers, Sliven, Bulgaria
- Special prize for originality, National competition for students, Sofia
- First prize for slide collection "Universiada '77"
- Second Prize,Third National Show of Color Photography, Troyan
- Two diplomas at the international competition "Young photographers Show Europe" (VDAV) in West Germany and was elected to advertise it
- Third Prize at the Competition for Students in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Special mention & 3rd place "The Kid and his World" Sofia, Bulgaria
- Third Prize, National Competition "Bulgaria, Ancient and Ever Young" Shumen, Bulgaria
- Third Prize from "Student Tribune" newspaper
- Third Prize at the International Salon, Sopot, Czechoslovakia
- Fifth Prize "Poland In My Eyes" organized by Orbis in Poland
- Participated in the International Salon in Romania
- National Exhibition "Pirinphoto", Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- International show "Woman 77" Budapest, Hungary
- International show Bifota-Germany
Exhibitions
- Solo Exhibition "The harm, caused by tobacco and liquor"
- One woman show for the centennial of Sofia as the capital of Bulgaria
- Solo Exhibition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Several one-woman shows about Bulgarian towns
Publications
- Presented by the Bulgarian Photo"magazine and "Student Tribune" newspaper
- Published her photo essay and photographs in almost all newspapers and national journals in Sofia
Work History
- Photographer for the Photo Archives at the City Hall and the Museum of History of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Led the Photo Service at the Home for Russian Science and Culture and Russian Embassy in Sofia
- Photographer for the national magazine "Bulgarian music"
- Photographer for the Center for Photography, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- Photojournalist for the National Co Operation Journal, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Photographer, Hygiene Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Photographer for the National Architectural Center "Glavproject"
- Since 1996 Zoia Krastanova currently lives and work in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is Assistant General Manager at Irving House at Harvard
Recognitions
- "Zoia Krastanova took an impressive place in Bulgarian Art Photography and won a serious recognition as a talented and conscious master. We owe her many more photographic awards".
Krastan Diankov, President "Bulgarian Photo" magazine
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