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Tomo Brejc (1975) studied at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, where he graduated with his thesis The End of Photography – or Just a Chance to Rethink European Visual Culture. In recent years, he has been active in the fields of artistic production, fashion photography and theoretical writing. Between 1999 and 2003, he was a member of the editorial board of the magazine Fotografija, where he also published several professional articles on the theory of photography and in the field of photographic production. He collaborates with many national and international publications and agencies. He is one of Slovenia’s most internationally successful photographers. Brejc has developed his own distinctive style over the years, encompassing his extensive knowledge of both the photographic medium and art history. A graduate in philosophy and cultural sociology, Tomo Brejc often uses principles from philosophy and cultural theory in his work. His photographs are therefore conceptually profound and well thought out, while at the same time intuitively created and supported by a high level of technical execution. His last solo exhibition in Slovenia was Unfinished Landscapes at Photon Gallery (2022). This work is part of a photographic folder or portfolio box with twenty prints by renowned Slovenian photographic artists from the 1970s to the present day, published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Photon Gallery. - The edition is 100 copies, the 40 x 50 cm photographs are printed on archival paper, the prints are signed and accompanied by certificates. -
Exhibiton catalogue of the project UNADAPTED OBSERVERS. Outsiders and Outlaws. During socialism, the status, function, and aesthetics of photography were remarkably similar across all former socialist countries. In the Central European countries that were part of the socialist bloc, there was also a unique collective organisation in the field of photography, as most photographers worked within the system of photography clubs. However, some photographers have worked outside the system and independently, some because of a particular approach to their work, others because of censorship or even a ban on their work. The exhibition project »Outsiders and Outlaws« focuses on those photographers who stood out from the mainstream of photographic production in the former socialist countries. Participating artists: Andrzej Baturo (PL), Vladimir Birgus (CZ), Stane Jagodič (SI), Gábor Kerekes (HU), Ladislav Postupa (CZ), Rudolf Sikora (SK), Tone Stojko (SI), János Szász (HU), Bálint Szombathy (HU), Jindrich Streit (CZ) Publisher and producer: Photon - Center za sodobno fotografijo Curator, editor and author of the text: Dejan Sluga Design: Jure Legac Proof-reading: Deja Bečaj Printing: Birografika Bori Edition: 200 -
Uroš Acman (1982) graduated in photography at FAMU, Prague in 2003. He later continued his studies on a post-graduate level at École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (Écal) in Switzerland, where he graduated in 2008. He currently teaches photography at the Secondary School for Design and Photography (SŠOF) in Ljubljana. His works have been shown in several group exhibitions in Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. His solo exhibitions include the series Museums in the Simulaker Gallery (2008) and the Škuc Gallery in Ljubljana (2009) which documents the so-called hunting rooms and spaces. More recently, his series Night was shown in the group exhibition Without Borders? Boundless Invisible Walls, which travelled from Fotogalerie Rathaus Graz to Galerie Photon in Ljubljana and Bad Radkersburg on the Austrian-Slovenian border. This work is part of a photographic folder or portfolio box with twenty prints by renowned Slovenian photographic artists from the 1970s to the present day, published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Photon Gallery. - The edition is 100 copies, the 40 x 50 cm photographs are printed on archival paper, the prints are signed and accompanied by certificates. -
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NEW!Valerija Intihar (1995) graduated from the Department of Textile and Fashion Design and has been working as an independent fashion and textile designer in Ljubljana for several years. She is currently completing her studies at the Department of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design under the mentorship of Peter Rauch. In analogue and digital techniques, she investigates the positions of objects in the modern materially saturated world, through documentation of processes and sculptural installations, as well as manipulations in darkroom procedures. She participated in several group exhibitions, among others as part of Gallery 7:069 and ALUO Ponjava. In February of this year, she independently presented the photographic series Low res images in Gallery P74. In the series Weight of an Empty Area, the artist documents traces of absent objects and treats them as her own motifs. She potentiates them in the form of sculptures and interventions in the landscape, which she emphasizes with the "burn and dodge" technique in the darkroom. The photographic project straddles the border between sculpture and performance and ponders the land art tradition of the 1970s.The photograph is printed on archival matt 290g paper. The entire edition is printed with a white border in the dimension 40 x 50 cm (including the white border). With each print, you will receive a certificate of authenticity. Each print (photograph) comes in an edition of 50. -
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NEW!Varja Jovanović Trobec (1995) is a photographer and visual artist. She graduated in Art Photography from EASD Mestre Mateo in Spain, where she lived for ten years. In addition to photographic projects, she also creates works of art in which she explores the relationship between painting and photography. Through the latter, she explores her view of her environment in the form of art-documentary series, with a melancholic touch, and creates intimate documentary photographs of her journey between Spain and Slovenia. She exhibited both at home and abroad. S P O T S (things are not just things) is a long-term photography project in which the artist explores objects, still lifes and diverse environments with a sensitive approach in the form of documentary photography. With it, she tells the viewer that things are not just things, but still lifes worth seeing.The photograph is printed on archival pearl 290g paper. The entire edition is printed with a white border in the dimension 40 x 50 cm (including the white border). With each print, you will receive a certificate of authenticity. Each print (photograph) comes in an edition of 50. -
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NEW!Vid Svetina (1999) is a visual artist and photographer. He studied at the Srečko Kosovel College in Sežana but did not complete his studies. He creates very often and impulsively, primarily in the medium of photography, in which he introduces elements of constructivism and graphics, while also combining it with text. In addition, he also paints, writes poetry and creates collages and various experimental photograms. He has presented his works several times, including at a solo exhibition at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, where he presented his Budapest and Graphics series. The selected photographs, which were created between 2021 and 2022, represent the artist's experimental and graphic research. He mainly deals with analogue and fashion photography, which is evident in the selection of works for the exhibition. The presented photograms were created spontaneously, during the research of analogue photographic techniques and of visual communication between photography and graphics.The photograph is printed on archival matt 290g paper. The entire edition is printed with a white border in the dimension 40 x 50 cm (including the white border). With each print, you will receive a certificate of authenticity. Each print (photograph) comes in an edition of 50. -
Photographer Vladimír Birgus (b. 1954) has long been important on the Czech and European photography scene, where he played several roles, ranging from photographer and columnist to historian and teacher. A number of high-profile projects are connected with his name, in particular the comprehensive exhibitions and books Czech Photographic Avant-garde, 1918–1948 and Czech Photography of the 20th Century, which have, in a fundamental way, helped promote the works of many Czech photographers internationally. He has also helped to gain appreciation for the works of František Drtikol, Jaroslav Rössler, and Eugen Wiškovský. As a photographer, he has gained an international reputation, and has shown his works in dozens of exhibitions at home and abroad, and his photographs are in a number of important collections. Since the late 1970s, he has systematically expanded his series of photographs called Something Unspeakable, in which he organically links elements of socially concerned documentary photography with a subjective view. His photographs are enriched with many visual metaphors and symbols, whose psychological and emotional meanings are underscored by the symbolic use of color photography. His photographs include existential and dramatic scenes from the streets of big European cities against the background of everyday life and slowly moving history.
Photographs: Vladimír Birgus Texts: Danuta Kowalik-Dura, Adam Mazur Graphic design: Krzysztofa Frankowska-Piechowicz Translation: Monika Hartman Publisher: Muzeum Ślaskie – muzeum rejestrowane Year: 2017 Hardcover, 203 pages Language: English, Czech Dimensions: 28 x 23 cm
ISBN: 978-83-62593-87-3
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Vladimír Birgus is a photographer, curator, historian of photography, professor and head of the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava. As early as the early 1980s, he was one of the first Czech photographers who tried to make thoughtful use of the emotional and psychological effects of colour in subjectively conceived documentary images, which were produced in parallel with his black and white work. Birgus's photographs in the book are accompanied by only brief information about the year and place of their creation; the various ways of interpretation are entirely up to the viewer and their willingness to mentally engage. As the years pass, his works are more and more accompanied by the motif of melancholy and the principle of counterpoint, striving for the surrealism of impressive scenery as well as the application of metaphor and symbolism. In many confrontations of people with their environment or in response to various coexisting stories, exposed in a split second in the scenery of the lived present, he alienates the micro-stories of human existence. Photos: Vladimír Birgus Text: Štěpánka Bieleszová Translation: Derek & Marzia Paton Design: Petr Šmalec Publisher: KANT in cooperation with the Olomouc Museum of Art Hardcover, 179 pages ISBN-10:8087149750 ISBN-13: 978-8087149751 -
Photographs from the Years When So Much Was Demanded and So Little Was Allowed The contradictions of life in Eastern Europe in the 1970s and ’80s. Czech photographer Vladimír Birgus (born 1954) presents black-and-white photographs of Eastern European cities that capture the contrasts between optimistic communist propaganda and the gloomy reality of everyday life in this era. Photographs: Vladimír Birgus Text: Jiři Siostrzonek Graphic design: Vladimír Vimr Translation: Derek Paton Publisher: Kàrel Kerlický – KANT Year: 2019 Hardcover, 88 pages Language: English, Czech Dimensions: 28 x 24 cm ISBN: 78-80-7437-295-7 -
A new, beautifully printed book celebrates a 30-year retrospective of his artwork. The over-sized book includes 248 pages of essays, interviews, and an abundance of photographs in groupings that are presented in chronological order. Essays and texts appear in Czech and English. This book was chosen as the ’Best Book of Photography for Central and Eastern Europe in 2008’ by an international jury in Bratislava. Famed Czech photographer Vladimir Zidlicky began his artistic career in the 1970s as a painter, but soon established a signature style that blurred the distinction between painting and photography. Author of photographs: Vladimir Židlicky Editors: Miroslav Ambroz, David Židlicky Authors of text: Josef Moucha, Paul Bogaers, Jim Jordan, Lucia L. Fišerova Year: 2008 Hardcover, 248 pages Language: english, czech ISBN:978-80-254-2920-4 -
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SALE!An exclusive monograph of Vladimír Zidlicky presents his color photographs from the years 2007 - 2009. This beautifully printed book includes 100 pages of essays, interviews, and 95 photographs in groupings that are presented in chronological order. Essays and texts appear in Czech and English. This book was again chosen as the ’Best Book of Contemporary Photography for Central and Eastern Europe in 2010’ by an international jury in Bratislava. Author of photographs: Vladimir Židlicky Editors: Miroslav Ambroz, David Židlicky Authors of text: Josef Moucha, Natasha Christia, Eric Min Year: 2009 Hardcover, 100 pages Language: english, czech ISBN: 978-80-254-6364-2
