Yuliy is an urban and culinary photographer, born in 1985 in Bulgaria. Since a young age, he has been 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 a trip 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. Ever since, Yuliy has shot in over 35 countries across four continents. He never really intended to pursue a career in photography; instead, he
decided to continue with his career in the hospitality industry, where he manages and continues to do so at some very renown high-level hotels and restaurants in Bulgaria and abroad. This gave him the ability to pursue his own artistic path without the need to comply with other people’s ideas and needs. His work in the culinary industry inevitably led him to experiment in the field of culinary photography, where he quickly established his name, and his projects are well known all over the world. He is currently one of the most prominent creative culinary photographers, 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. Yuliy has participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide and has been published in many print and digital editions, including Forbes. His photographs have won more than 400 awards on six continents, most notably:
Advertising Non-Pro Photographer of the Year - IPA International Photography Awards 2023
Non Professional Photographer of the Year - One Eyeland Photography Awards 2022
Creative Category Winner - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022
Food & Beverage Category Winner - Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022
Photography Category Winner - 14th Annual the Taste Awards 2023
Advertising New Tallent of the Year - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022
Advertising Non-Pro Category Winner - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2022
Advertising Non-Pro Category Winner - TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023
Overall Winner - One Eyeland World's Top 10 Street Photographers 2022
Overall Winner - One Eyeland World's Top 10 Black & White Photographers 2023
Food & Drink Professional Category Winner - reFocus Awards One Shot Contest 2022
Still Life Professional Category Winner - 1839 Awards Color Contest 2024
Still Life Non_Pro Category Winner - Chromatic Photography Awards 2023
