Bozhidar Barlakoski was born in 1984 in Prilep. His passion for photography was born in the early 2010s. He is a member of the photo cinema club ‘Prilep’. He has received more than 25 international photography awards, as a result of the love he feels toward photography. Among the awards there is the bronze medal for photojournalism from the Toronto Camera Club, PSA silver medal for photography in Cyprus, silver medal from Ukraine, a golden medal for a collection of photos on the ‘Macedonian Photography Days’ in 2014. He has received a number of other awards and certificates. He was a member of the jury of two international contests for photography. He held two solo exhibitions in Kichevo and Skopje.