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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!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. -
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 -
Big Sur Real. In his latest book project, Branko Lenart has focused on the process of choice as a creative act. He has collected 119 photographs from 1970 to 2020 under the title "BIG SUR REAL". Branko Lenart (1948, Ptuj, Slovenia) was born in the former Yugoslavia, but his family emigrated to nearby Austria when he was six years old. He studied pedagogy in Graz and in 1968 became a member of the photography section of the Graz art association Forum Stadtpark, from which Camera Austria later emerged. Until 2007 he was active as a lecturer in photography at the Graz Higher State School of Art and Design (1979 - 2007) and at the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz (1996 - 2003). Lenart is an internationally renowned photographer who has travelled extensively around the world since his youth, often staying at artist residencies such as the Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York, La Rochelle, Arles, Oxford, Rome, Paris and London. His oeuvre is divided between documentary and conceptual auteur photography. He has paid particular attention to the social periphery, to members of the former urban counterculture or rural society, and has coined the term "subjective topography" for this type of photography. Photographs by Branko Lenart Editor: Günther Friesinger Selection of reproductions: Janez Korošin, Primož Lampič Text: Marjeta Ciglenečki, Günther Holler-Schuster Readings: Bokmal Read by Evelyn Fürlinger Year of publication: 2023 Hardcover, 152 pages ISBN: 978-3-902796-89-9 -
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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. -
NEW!Author: Stanko Abadžić Foreword: Branka Hlevnjak Publisher: Kadar36 Year: 2024 Hard copy, 160 pages Black and White Photos Duoton Print Limited Edition In edition of a 100 copies Language: english, croatian -
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Photon Gallery, we published a photo portfolio or portfolio box with twenty prints by well-known Slovenian photographic artists from 1970 to the present day, accompanied by a brochure with biographies of the participating artists. These are some of the best-known names in Slovenian photographic history and the present, who have made their mark on the Photon Gallery’s programme over these twenty years. The edition is 100 copies, the 40 x 50 cm photographs are printed on archival paper, the prints are signed and accompanied by certificates. Participating artists: Uroš Acman, Goran Bertok, Roman Bezjak, Rajko Bizjak, Tomo Brejc, Branko Cvetkovič, Jošt Dolinšek, Vojko Flegar, Stane Jagodič, Janez Korošin, Peter Koštrun, Borut Krajnc, Roberto Kusterle, Dino Kužnik, Branko Lenart, Borut Peterlin, Eva Petrič, Bojan Salaj, Tanja Verlak in Antonio Živkovič. -
Antonio Živkovič (1962) graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana. Živkovič grew up in the industrial town of Trbovlje, the centre of the mining industry in Slovenia, which significantly influenced his artistic endeavours. In his work he focuses on capturing places, stories and motifs related to industrial towns. His oeuvre is characterised by poetic documentation of abandoned industrial landscapes. He has been working and exhibiting as a photographer since 1989. His body of work encompasses 16 series, which were exhibited at 28 solo shows and included in over 40 group exhibitions, both in Slovenia and abroad. He has exhibited at the Photonic Moments festival with the solo exhibition Traces of the Past (2010) and at the Photon Gallery in Ljubljana with the solo exhibitions Water Towers (2004), Industrial Interiors (2005) and Reconstructions (2007). In 2009, his monograph Black Valley was published, and in the same year the City Art Gallery in Ljubljana presented his retrospective exhibition Photographs 1998–2008. At the Idrija Municipal Museum he presented his exhibition Doors / Last Shift (2017). 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. -
Bojan Salaj (1964) has been active as an art photographer since the 1990s, producing various original projects. He was employed as a photographer at the National Gallery in Ljubljana between 1994 and 2018, and is therefore the author of many photographs of Slovenian cultural heritage in the field of visual art. He lives and works in Ljubljana. His artistic focus is centred on questioning the representation of photography in mass media, on the iconography of power structures, as well as on the models related to construction of historical and national cultural identity. His approach is highly conceptual and follows objectivist principles. As part of the Photonic Moments festival, he presented his solo exhibition Interiors – Correspondences at the National Gallery of Slovenia (2014) and later at the Makina Gallery in Pula (2016) under the title Correspondences. His works were also included in the group exhibition Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape in the Kolovičevi dvori Gallery in Zagreb (2013), in the exhibition City Perspectives (2008) and Insights (2014) in the Photon Gallery. 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. -
Eva Petrič (1983) is a conceptual, intermedia artist who works with various disciplines of fine art, as well as with photography, performance and writing. She graduated from psychology and fine art at the Webster University in Vienna (2005) and later pursued a master’s degree in new media at Transart Institute in Berlin/Danube University Krems (2010). She participated in over 60 solo and 110 group exhibitions across Europe, USA and Asia. She lives and works in Ljubljana, Vienna and in New York. She was the first Slovenian artist to exhibit two large-scale installations at the famous St. Stephan Cathedral in Vienna in 2016. In the same year, she also participated in one of the biggest annual open-air art projects in New York, Sing of Hope. Her artistic expression includes photography, video, sound, performance, design, poetry and writing. In the forefront of her work is the concept of spatial atmosphere, both on the physical, mental, imaginary and metaphorical level. Since 2017, she has been represented in the USA by Mourlot Gallery in New York. 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. -
Borut Peterlin (1974) graduated from Prague’s FAMU Academy (1994–1998) and concluded a postgraduate study at the London College of Printing (2002–2003). In 2000, he received a scholarship of the Benetton Group’s Research Center for Communication, Fabrica where he worked alongside the renowned photographer Oliviero Tosacani. Shortly after, in 2001, Peterlin co-founded Fotopub Festival of Documentary Photography in Novo Mesto, where he continued to work as an artistic director until 2008. He likewise worked as a photojournalist for over ten years at the weekly magazine Mladina. He currently lives and works in Novo mesto. In recent years, Peterlin’s has dedicated his practice to the pioneering photography processes of the 19th Century, which eventually led him to study with Mark Osterman at the George Eastman House in Rochester, USA. As an active vlogger, he conducts workshops on vintage photography techniques and teaches and conducts workshops around Europe. Since 2015, he organizes a yearly event by the name of Woodland Beyond Photography. 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. -
Branko Lenart (1948) was born in former Yugoslavia and later migrated to neighbouring Austria with his family at 6 years of age. In 1968 he became a member of the avant-garde art society Forum Stadtpark, that later grew into Camera Austria. He thought photography at the College of Art and Design and the Technical College Joanneum in Graz. Lenart is an internationally renowned photographer, who has widely travelled across the world ever since his youth. He attended various artist residencies like Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York, La Rochelle in Arles, France, and others in Oxford, Rome, Paris and London. His oeuvre sits between documentary and conceptual art photography. He dedicated his attention to the margins of society, be it the members of urban counter-cultures at the time or to the social conditions in the country and the peripheries. He has been exhibiting regularly since the 1970s. He has exhibited internationally in more than 50 solo and more than 150 group exhibitions, his works are in 35 collections of major national institutions in Slovenia, Austria and abroad, and he has published 22 monographs during his career. His most recent solo exhibitions include BIG SUR REAL 2023, Gallery Reinisch Contemporary, Graz (2023), Hand:Work, Gallery GONG, Nova Gorica (2021) and Eine subjektive Topographie at Graz Museum, Schlossberg (2020). 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.
