▷ Ivailo & Denis by Samuel Lugassy, 2013 | Pigment Ink Photographies Authentic

Image from a reportage by Samuel in keeping with his work on identity. He started this work with a series of portraits of people from the Eastern European countryside. He then went on to concentrate on two very popular sports in Bulgaria. Gymnastics and wrestling, two sports which, along with weightlifting, the nation excelled in for many years, particularly before the fall of the Eastern block. Bulgaria accumulated medals and titles and today’s youth carry the inheritance of yesterday’s champions. The feature was produced over a month in April 2013, and Samuel went back to exhibit the work in a small room at the beginning of 2015. Ivailo and Denis pose outside Plovdiv training centre.