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NEW!The book is a tribute to portrait photography, enriched with interviews with individuals who create excellence and strengthen the positive energy of the city. The subjects reveal fragments of their personal experiences, creative processes, and lives in general. Each of them has made a profound mark on their field, be it theater, music, visual arts, or urban culture. What they all have in common is that they raise the cultural capital of the city. Because of them, Maribor is truly a Vunderkind - Katja Gönc Publisher: Visual communications, Sami Abder Rahim Author(s) of the text(s): Marko Radmilovič, Jaša Lorenčič, Uroš Dokl, Katja Gönc Year of publication: 2022 Dimensions and number of pages: 215 × 285 × 30 / 312 pages Hardcover -
Belgrade Raw is a photo collective founded in 2009 with the idea to explore social, urban and political aspects of city life through the photographic medium. They actively record everyday Belgrade and the state of its community. Belgrade Raw exhibited their work on various occasions, as solo shows in galleries or as part of local and international festivals. They organized a photo fair for five years in a row, while in the period of four consecutive years they have initiated a series of workshops dedicated solely to documentary photography, entitled serbia raw. The collective also published the serbia raw photo book, in which they assembled all the materials produced by the participants in 13 serbian cities. To mark the collective’s 15th birthday, they created a fanzine that they released during their exhibition ‘Two Days Three Nights‘ at Prostor Gallery in Novi Sad, Serbia. Members of the belgrade raw collective are: Darko Stanimirović, Nemanja Knežević, Luka Knežević – strika, Milovan Milenković, Andrej Filev, Aleksandra Mihajlović, Mane Radmanović, Dušan Rajić, Jelena Mijić, and Saša Trifunović. 40 pages 18,5 x 27,5 cm digital print Full color on glossy coated paper 180gr -
NEW!In breathtaking, wide-angle photographs, Christoph Grill (b. 1965) documents the post-Perestroika development of the 15 former Soviet countries: Albania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, the Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Emphasising the empty space around their subjects, Grill’s colour and black-and-white images are distinctly unsentimental portraits of everyday life - children playing amid the ruins of communist utopias, triumphal arches now surrounded by rubble, grass growing in the cracks of military parade grounds, ramshackle dwellings bandaged up with planks of plywood. Not all of these scenes are desolate, however, and cheerier portraits of persons encountered on Grill’s travels, improvising their fun in makeshift swimming pools or along roadsides punctuate the more sober depictions of post-Soviet life. Handsomely clothbound and printed, Short Stalks at Distant Shores records how these states not only underwent renewal but also had to endure economic standstill and regression; it also testifies to the human will to survive amid the bleakest of conditions. Publisher: Hatje Cantz Translation: Laura Schleussner Graphic Design: Elke Ederer, Christoph Grill ISBN: 978-3-7757-3398-4 -
Henrik is a magazine and platform dedicated to documentary and contemporary photography, offering a rare printed space for visual storytelling in a time when such opportunities are becoming increasingly scarce. It provides photographers with the chance to tell meaningful stories that blend topical relevance, a refined visual language and a distinctly personal approach. As a one-of-a-kind publication in Slovenia and the broader region, Henrik brings a breath of fresh air and offers a much-needed stage for creative voices.The first issue revolves around the theme of Trials. Ana Šuligoj shares a deeply personal account of losing her mother due to asbestos exposure, while Robert Marin and Sergej Harlamov delve into the metaphorical and literal underground - a refuge for those seeking meaning. Eva Bevec uses visual language to explore the quiet presence of the banal and the absurd as a subtle reflection of today’s struggles. Ivan Tomašević offers a moving meditation on the Croatian war veteran community through the lens of his father’s story, while Meta Krese presents Hazira’s powerful testimony from a survivor camp following the Srebrenica genocide.
Photographers: Ana Šuligoj, Robert Marin, Meta Krese, Eva Bevec, Ivan Tomašević
Editors: Nik Erik Neubauer, Jaka Teršek
Designer: Žiga AnderličLanguage: English, Slovenian Size: 43 x 30 cm, 64 pages Binding: twin-loop binding Publisher: Društvo Študio, 2025Print run: 500 -
NEW!Catalogue of the international curated exhibition Borderlines. The exhibition raises the question of borders – both physical and symbolic – in a specific local, as well as in a broader European context, where political conflicts, wars, migrations and other social transformations have once again brought the concept of borders to the forefront. The border appears as a physical dividing line, but also as a social, psychological and cultural construct that determines the relationships between “us” and “them”, normal and different, safe and threatening. The project presents artists from Slovenia, Italy and Austria, whose works, through contemporary photography, thematize different understandings of borderland in various ways. The exhibition combines documentary, conceptual and performative approaches and brings diverse insights into contemporary European photography. Its added value lies in the fact that it does not only thematize borders in a geographical sense, but also places them in broader contexts of social, psychological and identity relations. In this way, the Borderlines / Borderlands project creates a space for dialogue about our common future at a time when Europe is facing ever-new forms of division. Curator(s): Dejan Sluga, Nataša Kovšca Author(s): Dejan Sluga, Nataša Kovšca Publisher: GONG Gallery – Institute for the Promotion of Contemporary Art, Photon Gallery Translation: Arven Šakti Kralj Proofreading: Anja Mugerli (SLO), Ksenija Vidic (ENG) Design: Blaž Erzetič Printing: 250 Year of publication: 2025 Number of pages: 62 -
NEW!A representative bilingual catalogue of the exhibition Stane Jagodič: Restless Eye brings together key texts, a rich selection of works, and the distinctive design of Kabinet 01 studio. The catalogue accompanying the survey exhibition Restless Eye at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana offers a comprehensive insight into more than six decades of creation by one of the most intriguing Slovenian artists. The publication features essential texts by curators Barbara Sterle Vurnik and Dejan Sluga, and by art historian Dr. Lev Menaše, illuminating Jagodič’s rich interdisciplinary practice – from drawing, photomontage and X-ray art to performance and complex assemblages. In addition to documenting the exhibition layout, the catalogue includes an extensive selection of reproductions of key works from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, revealing artistic breakthroughs, influences of historical avant-gardes and the artist’s distinctly socially critical stance. A particular value of the catalogue lies in the meticulously crafted design by Studio Kabinet 01, led by Jan Jagodič, whose thoughtful visual rhythm and contemporary graphic language complement the conceptual character of the exhibition. This representative bilingual catalogue is intended for both experts and lovers of contemporary art – an essential companion to one of the most important presentations of Jagodič’s oeuvre to date. Published by: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana / City Art Gallery Ljubljana Editors: Barbara Sterle Vurnik, dr. Sarival Sosič Texts: Barbara Sterle Vurnik, dr. Lev Menaše, Dejan Sluga English translation and proofreading: Arven Šakti Kralj Slovenian proofreading: Mirjam Furlan Lapanja Design and layout: Hana Jesih, Kabinet 01 Printed by: Collegium Graphicum d. o. o., Ljubljana Print run: 230 December, 2025 -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
Stane Jagodič (1943) has been active in various fields, media and contexts of visual art since the mid-sixties. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1970, he soon became one of the most active and prominent artists in Yugoslavia, due to his distinguishable artistic expression. In his continuously developing body of work, he has adopted several different concepts of artistic production using various artistic media such as photography, painting, graphics, cartoons, performance, assemblages and object art (installations). Since 1967, Stane Jagodič has been exploring artistic photography and some of its creative derivates like photomontage and photo collage, which are the most significant in his artistic production. Stane Jagodič was a co-founder and conceptual leader of Grupa Junij, active between 1970 and 1985. The group worked as a broad artistic platform that included a number of prominent local and international artists. As an independent artist, Stane Jagodič participated in more than 50 solo and more than 200 group exhibitions worldwide. He lives and works in Ljubljana. To accompany the exhibition Why? at the Photon Gallery, which is on view from November 6, 2025 to January 23, 2026, we have prepared a short offer of limited edition prints from the Stane Jagodič collection. -
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
