I Used To Stand Tall, Now I Stand Brighter 1-3
I Used To Stand Tall, Now I Stand Brighter 1 / Преди вървях с високо вдигната глава, сега светя над останалите
pencil and pale gold on 300lb Fabriano Artistico paper, image size: 20 x 20 cm, Anton Terziev, 2021 Photo: © the artist. Courtesy the artist.
Foto material used: MM artist Micol Di Segni(1987)'s 2021 weigh-in picture. Micol is also an alternative model for the website SuicideGirls since 2007and happens to be one of the most popular adult models in Europe
Title credit: Svetoslav Todorov - journalist, editor and writer
Part of NTFL series (2019-)
Unexhibited
In the series No Time for Losers I examine just that – what it takes from you, what and whom you pay, who constructs the content of success as a symbol and metaphor, what is its shelf life? I do it through the well-known moment of triumph, mandatory for sport photographers. A freeze-frame, in which I comment on the role interrelations between the award, the awardee and the award presenter.
I hit the brakes on the rat race for quick, immediate, instagrammable success. This concept is like a tomb. A remarkable pantheon, which you furnish meticulously with awards, trophies in your CV and what not, to the last day of your life.
Whoever wants to be a „relevant participant in the processes“ knows that things like vulnerability, exposedness and sensitivity smell of failure, they don’t make you competitive on the market. Like in sports, whose direct aesthetics I borrow for my series.
From an early age, you have to run in the right lane or track. Lest you compete on top level but outside of the field, or even worse – out of the range of the cameras reporting the game from the pitch.
I Used To Stand Tall, Now I Stand Brighter 2 / Преди вървях с високо вдигната глава, сега светя над останалите
pencil and silver oil on 300lb Fabriano Artistico paper, image size: 24 x 40 cm, Anton Terziev, 2021 Photo: © the artist. Courtesy the artist.
Foto material used: an image of MM artist Megan Anderson weighing in for Invicta FC 17, 2019
Megan has become the latest victim of online bullying. 'Post anything fighting related, I get hate' - Megan Anderson confronts online abuse, rape threats
Title credit: Svetoslav Todorov - journalist, editor and writer
Part of NTFL series (2019-)
Unexhibited
I Used To Stand Tall, Now I Stand Brighter 3 / Преди вървях с високо вдигната глава, сега светя над останалите
pencil and silver oil on 300lb Fabriano Artistico paper, image size: 24 x 40 cm, Anton Terziev, 2021 Photo: © the artist. Courtesy the artist.
Foto material used: MM artist Megan Anderson's image from 2018
Meganhas stood up against online bullying. She regularly tweets about the kind of online harassment she faces.
Title credit: Svetoslav Todorov - journalist, editor and writer
Part of NTFL series (2019-)
Unexhibited
framed size: 73 x 53 x 1.5 cm
I Used To Stand Tall, Now I Stand Brighter 3 - study sketch