I photograph vehicles as they resemble huge insects to me. This series, named Urban Insects, examines how a change in perspective can bring a new way to see ordinary objects.
The idea of the project came during my class of Conceptual Photography in the university where I was assigned the theme ”The world beyond us”. I thought that everything is around us and we see ourselves from every point, except upside-down. Therefore, I started photographing people underfoot. A year later I wanted to expand my idea, but photographing people was no longer a challenge. When I took my car to the workshop for repair and they picked it up, I saw the sequel of my series. I began to look for various vehicles and a way to lift them.
The realization of the project is sometimes difficult, but always fun. Lifting the smaller vehicles is easy – I’ve used the help of my friends in Sofia and we picked them up on a tree with a rope, pulling the other end with a car. For the bigger machines I found a construction company which I know from my work as an architect. They were very helpful and agreed to lift some trucks and an excavator, although they were confused and worried for me to go under the very old and heavy machines while they were in the air swinging. While on a trip in eastern Africa, I found out a new kind of vehicles for me, which in Europe we don’t have – a tuk-tuk. And of course I asked a few guys to lift it…
Motorbike
Car
Bobcat excavator
Bicycle
Car
Wheel loader
ATW
Bicycle
Truck
Car
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