Зараждане и развитие на фотографското образование в България
Genesis and Development of Photographic Education in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The first public talks and short courses in photography in Bulgaria were offered by the се amateur Photographic Society in 1897 and the Bulgarian photographic Club, founded in 1920. In 1941, Bulgarsko Delo foundation was set up with the National Promulgation Di- rectorate and was in charge of all the photographic and film activities. In 1945 and 1946 the foundation conducted the earlier professional photographic courses in this country to lay the foundations of the first ever State College of Cinematography and Photographic engineering, which opened doors in Sofia, in1949. It was closed shortly afterwards, in 1952 as its maintenance was said to be ‘financially unprofitable’. In 1959, with the ‘thaw’ in the political situation in the country, courses in photogra- phy were offered at Sofia College of Graphics. For almost four decades it was the sole specialized high school in photography here. It was as late as 1992, when the first ever Higher Courses in Photography was offered on a regular basis at a Bulgarian higher education institution, the National academy for Theatre and Film arts, Sofia.

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