Yuliy Vasilev

Bulgaria - Association of Professional Photographers

Specialisations:

Creative culinary photography Urban photography

Biography

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 40 countries across four continents. At first he never really  intended to pursue a career  in  photography; instead, he continued with his career in the hospitality industry. This gave him the ability and time to develop his own artistic style. 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 470 awards on six continents, most notably:   Advertising Photographer of the Year - IPA International Photo Awards 2023   |   Non-Pro Photographer of the Year - One Eyeland Photography Awards 2022   |   Fujifilm Award for Innovation Winner - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022   |   Food & Beverage Category Winner - Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022   |   Advertising & Commercial Photographer of the Year - The Society of Photographers 2024   |   Advertising Discovery of the Year - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022   |   Advertising Category Winner - BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2022   |   Advertising 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   |   Winner - 14th Annual The Taste Awards 2023   |   Food & Drink Category Winner - reFocus Awards One Shot Contest 2022   |   Still Life Category Winner - 1839 Awards Color Contest 2024   |   Still Life Category Winner - Chromatic Photography Awards 2023   |   Winner - 13th FIAP World Cup for Clubs 2018.