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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. -
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. -
Dino Kužnik (1986) is a New York based photographer and graphic designer. He uses photography as a medium to capture aesthetically unique scenes, with an emphasis on colour and composition. After several years of experience as a journalistic photographer, retoucher and graphic designer, he now mainly focuses on personal and commercial photography projects ranging from documentary, automotive, architecture and landscape to environmental portraiture and fashion. His notable clients include Tyler the Creator, Jay Versace, Tesla, Adobe, The New Yorker, Wonderland Sun, etc. In 2019, he published his first hard cover book titled Shaped by the West with the publisher Aint–Bad. His work has been featured in numerous online and print publications. He has exhibited in London, Ljubljana, New York, Toronto, Trieste, Arles, Detroit and Paris. In 2017, he was shortlisted for the Landscape category of the Sony World Photography Awards and was exhibited alongside Martin Parr at Somerset House in London. 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. -
Peter Koštrun (1979) graduated from Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, where he currently teaches at the Department of Photography. He has been exhibiting at home and abroad since 2003. Koštrun is a master of landscape photography known for his depiction of empty and deserted landscapes, as well as his refined selection of framing and light. He is less interested in the documentary dimension of the land due to his conceptual approach to the genre. His works contain a subtle atmosphere that evokes a feeling of something greater or even immortal. Recent solo exhibitions include Moments, Mottard & Jenray, Liège (2012) in Belgium; The Time is Now, Photo Gallery Lang, Samobor in Croatia (2012), Singularity, Photon Gallery in Vienna, Austria (2014) and Premonition, Center for Contemporary Arts Celje, Slovenia (2016) and Photon Gallery Vienna (2019). Koštrun has shown his work in many group exhibitions at home and abroad, including Almost Spring, 100 Years of Slovene Art at the Maribor Art Gallery (2012), as well as in one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary landscape photography, Sense of Place at the Bozar Expo in Brussels (2012), and the exhibition Land / City / Real / Imagined at Diemar / Noble Gallery in London (2011). Koštrun’s works can be found in the Essl collection in Vienna and in the collection of the Cabinet of Slovenian Photography in the Gorenjska Museum in Kranj. 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. -
Janez Korošin (1935) began doing photography at the age of seventeen in the Photo Club Ravne na Koroškem. He joined the Jože Stefan Institute in Ljubljana in the spectroscopy laboratory, where he met Marjan Smerke, who introduced him to exhibiting photography. He became a member of the Photo Club Ljubljana in 1966 and later, when they merged in 1968, a member of Photo Group ŠOLT – Ljubljana. He 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 Association of Slovene Photographers presented him with the Janez Puhar Award for his lifetime achievement in photography. In his extensive oeuvre, he devoted himself to a variety of motifs, mainly landscape and genre shots. He recorded numerous scenes of everyday urban life and created portraits of individuals in urban landscapes and at various social events. Korošin's work expresses a subtle approach to composition and the creation of atmosphere. He has always developed his photographs himself and has an excellent sense of tonality and a masterful use of grainy black-and-white film. 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. -
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. 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.
