Lilyana Karadjova‘s professional and artistic approach to photography has been a significant experience for us during her stay at RadLab Studio . We are delighted that, in addition to her expertise in the history of photography and her proficiency in alternative processes, we were able to impart new knowledge to her. As we always believed, successful collaborations involve a mutual exchange of information and attitude.

In the photography study “On Reading” Lilyana Karadjova explores the dynamics of shared housing through photography, while observing the unique lives and routines of two archaeologists with contrasting career choices and lifestyles in a baroque apartment in Rome. The bibliophilic companionship prompts the author to reflect on the varied manifestations of reading, revealing how the activity reshapes personal spaces and leaves traces of chaos within the opulent setting.

The author chose to present her Personal Reality study through Carbon print. She was eager to get to know this technique for quite some time and despite all the little traps of the process, she successfully went through all stages of the image creation. The Carbon printing process is part of the so-called pigment processes in photography. It is based on the casting of a gelatine substrate and the addition of pigment (carbon/Lamp black). In the process of exposure, UV light hardens this compound made of organic mass and bichromate. The final image is a result of the transfer of the solidified gelatin onto a sized paper.

On Reading
Technique: Carbon Print
Negative used: digital negative 36×24 cm
Paper: Fedrigoni Tintoretto Gesso 300 gr/m2
Print size: 36×24 cm

Lilyana Karadjova‘s professional and artistic approach to photography has been a significant experience for us during her stay at RadLab Studio . We are delighted that, in addition to her expertise in the history of photography and her proficiency in alternative processes, we were able to impart new knowledge to her. As we always believed, successful collaborations involve a mutual exchange of information and attitude.

In the photography study “On Reading” Lilyana Karadjova explores the dynamics of shared housing through photography, while observing the unique lives and routines of two archaeologists with contrasting career choices and lifestyles in a baroque apartment in Rome. The bibliophilic companionship prompts the author to reflect on the varied manifestations of reading, revealing how the activity reshapes personal spaces and leaves traces of chaos within the opulent setting.

The author chose to present her Personal Reality study through Carbon print. She was eager to get to know this technique for quite some time and despite all the little traps of the process, she successfully went through all stages of the image creation. The Carbon printing process is part of the so-called pigment processes in photography. It is based on the casting of a gelatine substrate and the addition of pigment (carbon/Lamp black). In the process of exposure, UV light hardens this compound made of organic mass and bichromate. The final image is a result of the transfer of the solidified gelatin onto a sized paper.

On Reading
Technique: Carbon Print
Negative used: digital negative 36×24 cm
Paper: Fedrigoni Tintoretto Gesso 300 gr/m2
Print size: 36×24 cm

The original artworks created by Lilyana Karadjova as part of “PERSONAL REALITY: photography studies” you can see in Sofia Arsenal – Museum Of Contemporary Art till 14/01/24. Don’t miss that out!

“PERSONAL REALITY: photography studies” is part of the project “Alternative Photography in Contemporary Art and Education”, which is implemented with the financial support of National Culture Fund, Bulgaria, Bulgaria.

The original artworks created by Lilyana Karadjova – Ivicha as part of “PERSONAL REALITY: photography studies” exhibition has been exposed in Sofia Arsenal – Museum Of Contemporary Art between 02.11.2023 and 14.01.2024.

“PERSONAL REALITY: photography studies” is part of the project “Alternative Photography in Contemporary Art and Education”, which is implemented with the financial support of National Culture Fund, Bulgaria.