INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION "I WILL PARTICIPATE": 10 years TimeHeroes

Since 2012, nearly 90,000 people have registered on TimeHeroes.org to click the green "I will participate!" button for at least one volunteer mission.

This means that at least once, they were willing to stop by a courier office to send a valuable and needed item to a stranger; that they decided to spend a day in a social kitchen to bring someone joy with a warm meal; that they wanted to walk a shelter dog; or that they intended to support someone's battle for a better life with the most priceless thing they have: their time.

We decided to show what happens when "I will participate!" transforms from an intention into a real force that changes society.

This exhibition will feature photos by photographer Denislav Stoychev, who traveled over 5,000 kilometers to capture 27 volunteer actions from the past year. All of them capture moments of mutual help and cooperation between volunteers, civil sector workers, and the people receiving support. However, unlike other exhibitions, this one needs you to be completed.

Denislav Stoychev (born in 1992 in Yambol) is a documentary photographer working on projects about youth in Bulgaria, life in rural areas, public transportation, volunteering, post-communism, and Orthodoxy. He worked as a full-time photojournalist for the national press until February 2020 and is currently freelancing.

His photo stories and writings have been published in both national and international media, including National Geographic, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and The Wall Street Journal. 

He has participated in photography masterclasses in New York, Sofia, Belgrade, and Bursa. Stoychev is the author of eight solo exhibitions and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Sofia University. 

Regarding his visual style, poet Yordan Eftimov writes: "Photography that has learned much from literature. And that loves the twilight."