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NEW!What will our world be like without emotions, and will anyone even miss them? This question, provoked by the concern that life in current circumstances of constant digital connectivity and instant “likes” and emoticons” is heading into a state where emotions are increasingly losing their role and are retreating into cliches, has motivated the visual artist and author Eva Petrič to create ”@apple girl story 2 ; to be a shadow or a puppet…”. The multilayered story and its book is a hybrid by its content as well as its form. It is a hybrid of a literary story, switching between a fairytale and a contemporary email dairy, and the visual dictionary of emotions among which many are on the brink of extinction. The text itself is a hybrid mitigating between images and sentences, spread out over paper of different colors in ways where sentences form visual images. By depicting figures in their material forms of bodies as well as in their immaterial forms as shadows, the book enables viewers various ways of perception and possibilities of creating one’s own stories. Eva Petrič is a transmedia artist, known for her creative use of photography, interweaving with other media, exploring with it the language of shadows, decoding our existence on ephemeral levels. Her motivation to expose the multidimensional architecture of space, defined by atmosphere, lead her to apply a trans medial approach in her art. Author: Eva Petrič Foreword: Olga Butinar Čeh 23 cm x 23 cm 358 pages, hardcover -
NEW!Limited Edition Print // Edition of 50 Photon Gallery Exclusive The photograph is printed on Ilford archival semi-matte 290g paper. The entire edition is printed with a white border (1,5 cm) in the dimension 48 x 39 cm (including the white border). With each print, you will receive a certificate of authenticity. -
NOVO!Limited Edition Print // Edition of 50 Photon Gallery Exclusive The photograph is printed on Ilford archival semi-matte 290g paper. The entire edition is printed with a white border (1,5 cm) in the dimension 48 x 39 cm (including the white border). With each print, you will receive a certificate of authenticity. -
NEW!Siren Odyssey - A voyage through the 11 frequencies of: 728, 741, 285, 417, 396, 174, 639, 528, 825, 963 and 432, making up the alphabet of our E@motion evolution. Could they be the alphabet of our emotional evolution? The in-between links or the errors – the DNA junk? Are our emotions evolutional junk, the potential of our evolution? Syren Oddissey is an audio visualization of my Periodic Table of Shadowed Emotions, the result of Eva's project Gr@y Matter – Language of Shadows. Frequencies of pitch have been associated with different moods, and the earth and the human body have different resonant frequencies associated with them. For the individual selected frequencies in Siren Odyssey, Eva tried to find textures and grooves that complemented the particular frequencies that were presented to her. The sounds you hear are all tuned to be consonant with the base frequency and therefore should amplify the feeling associated with that particular frequency. Vinyl record in sleeve. Text: Dr.Thomas Miessgang Vocals, lyrics, sound, composition and concept: Eva Petrič Sound production and synthesizer: Mydeck 2000 NYC Scene: installation of recycled lace assemblages by Eva Petrič Video projections: Eva Petrič Performance: Eva Petrič An A4 fine art print of all the shadow images is added, representing the 11 frequencies. -
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SALE!The photographic monograph Janez Korošin - People and Landscapes (black and white photographs 1960-2015) by Primož Lampič provides an overview of the work of photographer Janez Korošin. Janez Korošin (1935, Ljubljana) started taking photographs at the age of 17 in the Fotoklub Ravne na Koroškem under the mentorship of František Kamnik. He worked as a chemical technician at the Ravne Ironworks, and after completing his military service he joined the Jože Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, where he met the renowned photographer Marjan Smerket, who introduced him to exhibition photography. He began to work more seriously as a photographer in the mid-1960s. In 1966, he became a member of the Fotoklub Ljubljana and Fotogrupa Šolt, which merged in 1968 to form Fotogrupa Ljubljana Šolt, where some of the most prominent local photographers of the time worked. Later he also became a member of the Slovenian Photographers' Association. He has also received numerous international awards and prizes for his photographic work. In 1977, the Photographic Association of Yugoslavia awarded him the title of Master of Photography, and in 1996, the Photographic Association of Slovenia honoured him with the Janez Puhar Lifetime Achievement in Photography Award. In 2000, he was awarded the title "FIAP Excellency" by the International Photographic Association FIAP. "Because of photography's primary ability to record visible reality as the eye does, realism is always relevant in the medium. It is also the foundation of Korošinov's work. I hardly find any radical interventions in his work. -
Nicole Brandstaetter (2001) is a Vienna-based artist whose work spans the fields of photography, storytelling, fashion and design. Since 2019, her photographic practice has been driven by a relentless pursuit of aesthetics, capturing the intricate interplay between visual appeal and narrative depth. Her public recognition began in 2020 with exhibitions at prestigious venues such as the Academy of Fine Arts. With a background in photography and audiovisual studies, her distinctive style and thematic exploration has been featured in various online magazines and recognized by designers in Vienna and the wider German-speaking community. The artist, who grew up in two different cultures - Austrian and American - is deeply intrigued by themes such as self-expression, transience and longing. These interests feed into her work, adding layers of meaning and resonance that invite the viewer to engage with the deeper narratives woven into her photographs. Her ability to integrate design and fashion into her photography has created a powerful visual language that captures the essence of contemporary artistic expression. In the photograph, rain pours down on the lens of my camera, creating this beautiful and abstract image of a silhouette in a white dress in the city of Milan. Amidst the dark streets, the glow of distant streetlights resembles a scattering of luminous dots. - Edition of 6 prints, sized 20x30 and printed on semi-Matt archival paper. -
NEW!A Manual for Silence is a photo-text booklet based on an ongoing sequence of photographs bearing the same title. Images may tell the narrative, the testimony, via its absence — the vacancy of the subject. Text conjures images by beleaguering the unspeakable — pasting words and sentences onto the invisible form until it reveals a wireframe of the object.
Perhaps there — behind this impediment, the existence of it all is to be found. In the failed correspondence of mumbling planes and shards of breached conventions. In the imminent erosion of understanding, solely a silent touch can soothe.
Author: Rene Maurin Publisher: Generator Year: 2019 Hard cover, 112 pages Edition: 300 copies Language: English Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm ISBN: 9789612907303 -
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 -
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 -
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SALE!Around thirty years ago, major social changes took place in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). During that time, some countries of the former socialist bloc also declared their independence. Slovenia was among them. On the occasion of celebrating thirty years of independence, we in Photon asked ourselves how photography recorded the time before these turning points – in the lives of ordinary people. With this exhibition project, we are not interested in fateful historical events and great personalities, but we want to offer an insight into everyday life and present some contradictions of the social system that built on a utopian vision of the future. To revisit the “family albums” of the former socialist countries, we are presenting some important photographers from the CEE region, who documented life in Eastern Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. All of them, even with different formal and aesthetic starting points, share a subjective and often humorous view of banal and absurd everyday life.
Editor: Dejan Sluga Authors of the texts: Dejan Sluga, Dr. Primož Lampič Participating artists: Andrzej Baturo, Vladimir Birgus, Janez Korošin, Branko Lenart, Zora Plešnar, Anton Podstraský, János Szász, Lenke Sziláryi. Design: Jure Legac Translators: Melita Silič, Deja Bečaj Publisher: Photon - Center za sodobno fotografijo Year: 2021 Hardcopy, 71 pages Edition: 200 copies Language: English, Slovene Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm
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This exhibition catalogue encompasses three editions, of the exhibition project Concrete Dreams, presenting works by 19 photographers. It explores the heritage of industrial development conveyed through the photographic medium. In a narrower sense, the project explores how certain artists in the visual field see this heritage today and how they accept it as material for their artistic projects from the perspective of aesthetic relevance. In a broader sense, it also looks at how the photographic medium today can reflect the broader contexts of a particular place and time, which in post-war 20th century Europe promoted the development of industry and thus of certain architecture, which today is mostly abandoned or torn down or has changed its function. Authors: Dejan Sluga, Sonja Ifko Editors: Dejan Sluga and Špela Pipan Publisher: Galerija Photon Year: 2020 Hardcover, 72 pages Language: English, Slovenian ISBN: 978-961-95107-0-4 -
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SALE!The group exhibition at the Photon Gallery presents the activities of the photographic group “Fotogrupa ŠOLT” (Photo Group ŠOLT) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 1963. It focuses on the period after the merger with Photo Club Ljubljana in 1968, when the group began to operate under the name “Fotogrupa ŠOLT – Ljubljana” (Photo Group ŠOLT – Ljubljana). The exhibition examines the importance of the group’s impact on the photographic scene in Ljubljana and Slovenia and presents its diverse international activities. It also highlights the photographic approaches of the 1960s and 1970s in the choice of motifs and techniques of the exhibited artists. The exhibition catalogue contains a selection of photographs and archival material shown in the exhibition, as well as two longer introductory texts. Presented are the works of seven photographers and members of the group, who were awarded the title of “Master of Photography” by the Photographic Association of Yugoslavia due to their high artistic and technical perfection and their frequent international exhi bitions. These are Oskar Karel Dolenc, Janez Korošin, Tihomir Pinter, Marjan Smerke, Tone Stojko, Jendo Štoviček and Joco Žnidaršič. The exhibition also includes the works of Sonja Zalar Bizjak, the only female representative of the group who received the title of “Master Candidate”. It is important to mention that in the more than thirty years of its existence, the Photo Group ŠOLT group has had a large number of members, among whom are other outstanding Slovenian photographers such as Dragan Arrigler, Marjan Dobovšek, Milan Pajk, Andrej Perko, Janez Pukšič, Lado Jakša, Herman Pivk and Arne Hodalič and many others. Stojan Kerbler, who later joined the Maribor Circle, should certainly be mentioned as one of the founding members. Publisher: Photon Curator: Špela Pipan Editor: Špela Pipan Authors of text: ddr. Damir Globočnik, Špela Pipan, Dejan Sluga Translation: Deja Bečaj, Špela Pipan Proofreading: Deja Bečaj Design: Jure Legac Print: R-Tisk, Junij 2003 Editions: 300
