Oct 24, 2015.
Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Muay Thai Night #7

After the end of Buddhist Lent /Wan Khao Phansa/ (3 months during the rainy season that monks need to stay in one place), it's time for big celebrations everywhere in Thailand. In the area of Pai in northern Thailand, it was like a small fest for a couple of days gathering all the people from the valley and surrounding hill villages. One of the main attractions was Muay Thai fights, but they are based more on respect and friendship, than on a fight and sports aggression. All the photos are made in one single night with very poor lightning with only a couple of lights.

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Muay Thai Night #7

Sep 26, 2019. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Waiting

Feb 18, 2018.
Location: Bulgaria.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Motion images are created using a high-resolution mode of the camera and movement. The results are unpredictable and unique for every scene and moment.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
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On the horizon

Dec 08, 2012.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

A view over Istanbul. All the money raised by the sale of this image will be donated to support the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria by #tezquakeaid

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The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
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Istanbul #1

Dec 08, 2012.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov
Edition:1/1

Bosphorus Bridge (known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge) is the first bridge built over the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe and Asia. It's a way to connect and bring fast connection and transport between two continents, but it's also a connection between different cultures, communities and societies. It's a way to go on the other side and see that we have more in common than we think. 
It's always a documented history because Istanbul is a city that changes and evolves all the time and this symbol of connection will never look the same.

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This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

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Connecting worlds

May 24, 2018.
Location: Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Group of Orthodox priests hiding in the shade in front of the Lyceum in the city of Veliki Preslav. They were giving their blessing during the National Day of Culture and Slavic Script one of the most popular and beautiful holidays in Bulgaria.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

Priests

Oct 24, 2015.
Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Muay Thai Night #8

After the end of Buddhist Lent /Wan Khao Phansa/ (3 months during the rainy season that monks need to stay in one place), it's time for big celebrations everywhere in Thailand. In the area of Pai in northern Thailand, it was like a small fest for a couple of days gathering all the people from the valley and surrounding hill villages. One of the main attractions was Muay Thai fights, but they are based more on respect and friendship, than on a fight and sports aggression. All the photos are made in one single night with very poor lightning with only a couple of lights.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions 

Muay Thai Night #8

After the end of Buddhist Lent, it's time for big celebrations everywhere in Thailand. In the area of Pai in Thailand, it was like a small fest gathering all the people from the valley. One of the main attractions was Muay Thai fights.

Muay Thai Night

Sep 20, 2019. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Street hidden

Motion images are created using a high-resolution mode of the camera and movement. The results are unpredictable and unique for every scene and moment.

eMotion

Dec 08, 2012.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

A view over Istanbul. All the money raised by the sale of this image will be donated to support the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria by #tezquakeaid

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

Istanbul #4

Causes

1of1

Aug 03, 2023.
Location: Pravoslav, Bulgaria.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Father and son fishing at an old abandoned marble quarry

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Fishing at a marble lake

Street

Oct 20, 2015.
Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Rivers and waterfalls in Northern Thailand are very popular with tourists, but also local people visit and enjoy them.

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Under the waterfall

Jul 25, 2016.
Location: Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Sculpture that symbolises growth in the space. We are connected and move together exactly like the blockchain.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

Growing together connected

photez

Apr 03, 2016.
Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Following the parade, the boys are blessed in a ceremony called the hong kwan. They then eat a special meal of 12 dishes that have been prepared by their parents. This is the final night of their sacred status.

Poi Sang Long is a Shan tribe Buddhist ceremony of the ordination of a boy into a novice-monk hood. Boys are paraded striding high on men's shoulders dressed up in fineries and with make-up in an attempt to recall Lord Buddha as the young prince Siddhartha leaving his palace in desperate search of the dharma in the world. Such vernacular event is unique only to Northern Thailand and Myanmar and idiosyncratic to the Shan ethnic group.

About the author: Anastas Tarpanov is a documentary photographer born and raised in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He is a World Press Photo award holder.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work. The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated. This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

Little Prince #18

Poi Sang Long Buddhist ritual from Northern Thailand.

Apr 03, 2016.
Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

Riding atop the servants’ shoulders, the boys visit important community figures and nearby elderly relatives to ask forgiveness for their sins.

Poi Sang Long is a Shan tribe Buddhist ceremony of the ordination of a boy into a novice-monk hood. Boys are paraded striding high on men's shoulders dressed up in fineries and with make-up in an attempt to recall Lord Buddha as the young prince Siddhartha leaving his palace in desperate search of the dharma in the world. Such vernacular event is unique only to Northern Thailand and Myanmar and idiosyncratic to the Shan ethnic group.

About the author: Anastas Tarpanov is a documentary photographer born and raised in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He is a World Press Photo award holder.

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work. The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated. This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

Little Prince #11

Little Prince

GUARDIAN 4

Created: Jan 3 2019. 
Location: Pernik, Bulgaria.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

The masquerade rituals that come from old pagan times and are still alive in the Bulgarian folklore tradition. Bulgarian masquerade games are mainly interwoven in the contexts of the holidays between Christmas and Easter. In Western Bulgaria, the people who perform these rituals around New Year are known as Survakari while those who participate in the pre-spring masquerade games are referred to as Kukeri. The symbolic meaning of the winter and pre-spring rituals performed by single men is related to the end of the old year and the advent of the new and to the upcoming awakening of nature for new life. These rituals represent the wish for a rich harvest, health and fertility for humans and farm animals. They are intended to chase away the evil spirits and prepare people for a new beginning. The dance of the masked men is a mystic unity of rhythm, sound, and color. They move in a special step. Wearing impressive masks and unique costumes they fill the air of the villages with the sounds of hundreds of bells and whispered blessings wishes for prosperity. The mask, according to folklore beliefs, protects from the harmful influence of impure powers. Bulgarian ritual masks are a rich source of information on the country’s various ethnographic regions. The sounds of the bells hanging from the belts of the dancers are said to reinforce the protective properties of the masks.

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License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

GUARDIAN 4

The symbolic meaning of the masquerade rituals performed by single men is intended to chase away the evil spirits and prepare people for a new beginning. The dance of the masked men is a mystic unity of rhythm, sound, and color.

GUARDIAN 2

Created: Jan 3 2019. 
Location: Pernik, Bulgaria.
Author: Anastas Tarpanov

The masquerade rituals that come from old pagan times and are still alive in the Bulgarian folklore tradition. Bulgarian masquerade games are mainly interwoven in the contexts of the holidays between Christmas and Easter. In Western Bulgaria, the people who perform these rituals around New Year are known as Survakari while those who participate in the pre-spring masquerade games are referred to as Kukeri. The symbolic meaning of the winter and pre-spring rituals performed by single men is related to the end of the old year and the advent of the new and to the upcoming awakening of nature for new life. These rituals represent the wish for a rich harvest, health and fertility for humans and farm animals. They are intended to chase away the evil spirits and prepare people for a new beginning. The dance of the masked men is a mystic unity of rhythm, sound, and color. They move in a special step. Wearing impressive masks and unique costumes they fill the air of the villages with the sounds of hundreds of bells and whispered blessings wishes for prosperity. The mask, according to folklore beliefs, protects from the harmful influence of impure powers. Bulgarian ritual masks are a rich source of information on the country’s various ethnographic regions. The sounds of the bells hanging from the belts of the dancers are said to reinforce the protective properties of the masks.

#1of1

License: With the purchase of this NFT, the artist provides the primary holder with the licensing rights to sell, trade, or transfer the NFT on the blockchain, and can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of members. The license includes unlimited use and display in VR galleries and physical galleries, essays, and documentaries. The holder of this NFT may also post on social media platforms with credit to the artist in good faith. The primary holder may not make "commercial use" of the underlying works including commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works. The artist still owns the copyright, IP rights, and reproduction rights of the underlying work.
The artist also reserves the right to re-use the whole image or elements within the image to create other artworks, and also create a brand new NFT of this artwork that is animated.
This still image will only be minted once as a limited edition artwork on the Tezos blockchain and no other editions will be made on this blockchain or any others.

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