Achievements & Awards

I am the winner of many awards from prestigious international competitions for astro and night photography. My shots have been shared by world media such as National Geographic, BBC Science Focus, Sky at night magazine, Daily Mail, Astronomy pictures of the day by NASA, Bored Panda, and many others.

Featured in Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200520.html

Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2023 by Capture The Atlas

https://capturetheatlas.com/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year/

My Modern Met, Astrophotographer Spends Months Planning “Impossible” Blended Panorama of the Milky Way Arches

https://mymodernmet.com/blended-milky-way-arch-panorama/

PetaPixel, Making an ‘Impossible’ Multi-Season, Time-Blended Milky Way Panorama

https://petapixel.com/2023/05/12/making-an-impossible-multi-season-time-blended-milky-way-panorama/

Nomadict

https://nomadict.org/mihail-minkov-mihailvminkov-photographer-based-in-bulgaria/

1st place winner in Night life by Life Framer

https://www.life-framer.com/mihail-minkov/

Runners-up in People and space category and three shortlisted images in "Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022" ran by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, London.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/people-space-2022

Silver plaquette Herman Potočnik Noordung in 3rd International Salon of Photography - Drone § Astrophotography 2021

https://app.rola.si/results/contest/43/theme/87/submission/4957

1st place winner in Creatures of the Night category in Capture the Dark Photography Contest by International Dark Sky Association 2021

https://www.darksky.org/2021-capture-the-dark-winners/

Honorable Mention in IPA photo awards 2021

https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-210890-21

Honorable Mention, IPA photo awards 2021

https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-210891-21

1st Place Winner & Honorable mentions in Night category in Minimalist Photography Awards 2021, Night Photographer Of The Year

https://minimalistphotographyawards.com/night-photography-winners-2021/

Honorable Mention in IPA photo awards 2020

https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-195049-20

1st place winner in Connecting to the Dark category in Capture the Dark Photography Contest by International Dark Sky Association 2020

https://www.darksky.org/winning-submissions-for-capture-the-dark-photography-contest/

NatGeo

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/space/2022/07/autumn-supermoons-to-stunning-saturn-these-are-the-years-most-jaw-dropping-astronomy-images

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/09/15/in-photos-comet-leonard-blood-moon-and-winged-aurora-star-in-annual-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/?sh=6850ff473666

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2022/sep/16/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2022-winning-images

The Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2022-recognises-stargazers-for-their-spacecraft-tl33cxt2w

BBC Science Focus

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/a-comet-being-torn-apart-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/stunning-comet-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/

Dailymail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10981033/Astronomy-Photographer-Year-shortlist-revealed.html

Diyphotography

https://www.diyphotography.net/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-shares-stunning-2022-shortlists/

Sky at Night Magazine

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/astronomy-photographer-year-14-shortlist/

My Modern Met

https://mymodernmet.com/best-photos-of-2021/

https://mymodernmet.com/astronomy-photographer-year-2022/

Peta pixel

https://petapixel.com/2022/09/15/a-last-photo-of-comet-leonard-wins-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/

Sony

https://alphauniverse.com/stories/what-s-in-my-bag-capturing-the-milky-way-with-a-pair-of-wide-angle-g-master-primes/

BTV Television

https://www.btv.bg/shows/tazi-nedelia/videos-nedelia/astrofotografat-mihail-minkov-otlichen-s-prestizhni-nagradi.html?fbclid=IwAR1jtvqqCK01AkxHDAn52C2jlOBW9D3Khbbv4CrixrW6vlYtRwlybhufYDQ

https://btvnovinite.bg/galleries/balgarin-e-na-vtoro-mjasto-po-astrofotografija-v-svetoven-konkurs.html?fbclid=IwAR3jzrcAriAPTs8EcCNJWJt8d3btysBb3N2MGQqgdQ43c00XxRU-6iF8lSQ#

Bnt Television

https://bnt.bg/news/fotografat-mihail-minkov-s-vtoro-myasto-na-nai-prestizhniya-mezhdunaroden-konkurs-za-astrofotografiya-v328068-310012news.html?fbclid=IwAR1PnONPfGiFCkQ4lQNMtxgGoTf92jca_tpfM2VpAGj_kTDzTHyVyDez9Cg

Euronews Bulgaria Television

https://euronewsbulgaria.com/news/2247/kadur-na-bulgarski-fotograf-e-nominiran-v-mezhdunaroden-astrokonkurs

https://euronewsbulgaria.com/news/4184/bulgarin-specheli-vtoro-myasto-na-prestizhen-konkurs-za-astrofotografiya

MadePro 2023

https://www.madepro.bg/lectors/mihail-minkov/

Photovacation 2022

https://photovacation.org/#https://photovacation.org/#!/services

Photo Forum Fest 2021

https://photo-forum.net/fff2021