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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Vesselina’s TEDxBG talk is on the importance of creating a personal connection when photographing. As a result of our accelerated modern time, we lose interest too quickly, because of the need for constant stimulation of something new and exciting to happen next. This often causes detachment from the present moment. For Vesselina this is one of the biggest blind spots of society today – loosing the ability to be present in the moment and therefore to truly connect.

Vesselina Nikolaeva (1976, Sofia) majors in Photography at the Art Academy of Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 2001. In her work, Vesselina examines the socio-cultural relations in contemporary Europe in the context of a diverse and struggling for unification political and economic entity. Her documentary projects represent the metamorphosis of a historically marginalized society into a main-stream European nation-state partaking in the cultural transfer of globalization and modernization. In 2005 she receives The Award for Young Photographer (in the framework of ‘De Zilveren Camera 2004 the Netherlands) followed by the Grand Prix of the 4th International Festival of Photography 2005 in Poland and the ‘Descubrimientos’ at Photoespana 2005 in Spain. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in Bulgaria and The Netherlands and has been a part of many international festivals in Germany, Spain, France,Poland, , Slovakia, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, Finland, Australia and the USA.

Vesselina Nikolaeva has five individual book publications; Baba (2004) , School nr.7 (2006), Simply a Line (2009) , I’m Good I’m Great I’m Wonderful (2013) and Yesterday when I was little (2014)

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