Iglena Ruseva

Assoc. Prof. Iglena Ruseva is a faculty member at the Department of Production and Post-Production, Faculty of Screen Arts, National Academy of Dramatic Arts and Film 'Kr. Sarafov'. She holds a Master of Arts in Artistic Photography from FAMU (Prague) and habilitated as associate professor in 2002 with a dissertation on photographic image history. A leading figure in Bulgarian photography, she has served as editor-in-chief of 'Photo Eye' magazine and pioneered archival photography studies through projects funded by Pro Helvetia.

• Education: MA Artistic Photography (1986, FAMU Prague); Specialization in museum photography collections (1994, Musée de l'Élisée & UMPRUM); Habilitation (2002, 'The Adventure of the Photographic Image')

Her research focuses on the dynamic relationship between photography and visual arts across historical and contemporary cultural contexts. She has published extensively on these themes while curating significant exhibitions that shaped the National Gallery of Art's photography collection.

Ruseva's creative practice spans artistic photography, theatrical photography, and graphic/HTML design. Her solo exhibitions include 'Metamorphoses' (2016, Kazanlak), 'Ritual Masks' (2003, Johannesburg), and 'Shadows of Past Presences' (2007, Copenhagen). Her works are held in prestigious collections like the Victoria & Albert Museum (London) and the Museum of Applied Arts (Prague).