{"id":6,"date":"2025-04-10T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usha.website\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:42:41","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usha.website\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull header_home has-accent-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow wp-container-2 is-position-sticky\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ec1e7a1e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><p 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style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8c84ec38 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;object-fit:cover;width:527px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Print_86-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b61a1d7d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--7\">About Usha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--8 wp-block-paragraph\">Stanka Tsonkova (<strong>Usha<\/strong>), born in 1952, is a Bulgarian photographer known for her experimental and introspective approach to photography. With over 50 years of experience, she has pushed the medium beyond traditional boundaries, using it as a tool for personal expression. Despite facing hardship and gender-based challenges, she remained committed to her art and taught photography in institutions across Europe and Japan. Internationally recognized, she has received awards in France and Hungary and was featured in FotoFest Houston. A 2003 grant from the Japan Foundation and mentorship by Eikoh Hosoe marked a turning point in her career. Recently, she\u2019s collaborated with younger artists in glitch art and performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-style-default wp-container-content-5fd69529 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1791\" src=\"https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/usha.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/019-2-2048x1433.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Self portrait, 1993<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent projects About Usha Stanka Tsonkova (Usha), born in 1952, is a Bulgarian photographer known for her experimental and introspective approach to photography. 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