Nude photography was a taboo in communist Bulgaria. Both the authorities and public opinion combined in condemning it. For the former, such photography was capitalist propaganda for the West; for the later it was an unacceptable invasion of the private sphere. Thus it was not easy for the photographer Dimitar Nestorov to find models. For most Bulgarians, recording the naked body was nothing short of provocation. Nestorov drew his inspiration from Western photo magazines with nude portraits, which he encountered at the photography club at the university in Sophia. Making or exhibiting nude photos in public spaces was unthinkable in communist Bulgaria.

In the 1980s Dimitar Nestorov (b. Bulgaria, 1963) studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Sofia. Presently he works as an IT specialist. In 2008 he completed studies in photography and modern art at the Academy for Music, Dance and the Visual Arts in Plovdiv, where he now lives.