More than 20 years ago I got my first camera — a Nikon F50 — and from that moment on photography was lighting up my brain more than anything else.

I started out as a street life photographer while living in Bulgaria, Europe for over five years. There I had my first public exhibition with the project "Kremikovtzi".

With the urge to tell stories and give people new perspectives and ways of seeing the world, I continued my work in the United States where I have lived for the past 15 years.

While living in San Francisco I learned how to rock climb from close friends. I loved the feeling when I let go off the wall — it felt like flying. Since then I have been very passionate about rock climbing.

I combined both passions and started taking photos for IFSC World Cups and climbing competitions across the world — from Salt Lake City to Seoul, Chamonix to Budapest.

Today, while I have a software engineering leadership career and most of my days are in front of a computer, I find time in busy everyday life to light up my brain again by combining my two passions: photography and climbing.