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Rossen Kolarov was born on 10. 06. 1959 in Sofia. Dr. Kolarov is a Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery. Presently he is the Executive Director of Executive Agency Medical Supervision. Dr Kolarov has dozens of publications in the Bulgarian and international press. He devoted long years to his work as the President of the Board of Directors of SOS Children’s Villages Bulgaria. Dr. Kolarov’s photographic experience spans more than 40 years. Since 1990, he has been a Fine Art Photography Artist. “Photography is faith. It is a confession of faith. It is impossible to take a photo without believing in it,” shares Professor Kolarov. He is the author of 20 solo exhibitions and has participated in over 80 national and international photography exhibitions. Dr. Kolarov is the winner of over 30 awards, including in Japan, the USA, Macedonia, Serbia and other countries. His photographs are in the possession of the Museum of Press Photography in Oslo and the Museum of Fine Arts “A. S. Pushkin” in Moscow. He has taught photography at the New Bulgarian University and at Sofia University. Dr Kolarov has repeatedly participated in juries of photography contests. He is among the founders and is member of the National Academy of Photography (Bulgaria) Yanka Kyurkchieva and is the winner of the Honorary ACADEMICA Statuette. THE UNWANTED The exhibition takes us back 30 years to the time when it became clear that utopia gave birth to its dystopia. It begins in homes for children deprived of parental care and subsequently moves to Senior Care Facilities for adults who have not received filial love and support. In the visual work of Rosen Kolarov, there is no tension and striving for originality, no search for spectacular formal or substantive solutions which are often found in photojournalism. But the opposite is also absent – the disguise of unflattering details. The perspective is careful and premeditated. The bias towards the photo documentary is evident. The whole exhibition is distinguished by a precise balance between the documentary narrative, the humane point of the doctor, the careful and empathetic, supportive insight into the problem and the subdued but adequate construction of the form. As the author says, “An image is a subjective reflection of the world around us, refracted through the awareness, intellect, emotions, culture, upbringing and worldview of the photographer.”
AllNew Gallery
