Yuliy is an urban and culinary photographer, born in 1985 in Bulgaria. He was very keen on travelling and discovering new places and cultures, which led him to study in the field of hospitality. He is the holder of a Master\'s degree in Business Management diploma. On one of his trips to London at the beginning of 2012, he discovered that photography was his real passion. He has been devoted to urban and street photography ever since. Art became his life and love. Yuliy has shot in over 30 countries across three continents. His passion and interest in food and culinary led him to experiment in the field of culinary photography, where he is currently one of the most prominent creative culinary photographers in the world, with a distinctive style and technique. Yuliy’s talent for spotting the details and seeing the world from a different perspective made his pictures stand out very quickly, and so far his photographs have won more than 350 awards on six continents, most notably: Amateur Photographer of the Year - One Eyeland Photography Awards 2022; First Place Winner - One Eyeland Top 10 Street Photographers of the World 2022; First Place Innovation Category Winner - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022; First Place Food Category Winner - Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022; Winner - 14th Annual The Taste Awards 2023; Advertising New Tallent of the Year - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022; First Place Advertising Category Winner - BIFA Budapest Foto Awards 2022; First Place Food Category Winner - WPE International Photo Awards First Half 2021; First Place Street Category Winner - WPE International Photo Awards Second Half 2021; First Place Food & Drink Category Winner - reFocus One Shot Awards 2022. Yuliy has participated in over 100 exhibitions all over the world and has been published in many editions, including Forbes. Since 2022, he has held the EFIAP/Silver title from the International Federation of Photographic Art. Yuliy also won the most prestigious club photography competition—the FIAP World Cup For Clubs—in 2018 as chairman of Photoclub BGArt.
