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Goran Bertok (1963) graduated in journalism from the Faculty of Sociology, Political Sciences and Journalism in Ljubljana. In his early career, he focused on the creation of staged scenes with motifs of unconventional sexual practices, especially from the field of sadomasochism (series Omen, Stigmata, etc.) and later turned to a more radical exploration of physicality. This soon led him to the ultimate theme – the physical death. He devoted much of his work to this topic, both through direct visual confrontation with decaying bodies (Post Mortem, Visitors), as well as through the portraiture of those who experienced immediate proximity to death (Survivors). In his artistic career spanning over almost three decades, his work has been included in many important solo and group exhibitions both at home and abroad. Most recently in the group exhibition Et nos morts? Post-mortem photography in Europe today at the Maison de la Photographie Robert Doisneau, Gentilly, France (2023) and REALIZE! RESIST! REACT! Performance and Politics in the 1990s in the Post-Yugoslav Context at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (2021). Recent solo exhibitions include the The End, First Rehearsal at the Old Power Station, Ljubljana (2023) and Hunger at the Photon Gallery in Ljubljana and Vienna (2020) and at the Simulaker Gallery in Novo Mesto (2021). 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. -
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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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 -
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 -
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. -
Branko Cvetkovič (1951) is mostly recognized as an architectural photographer in Slovenia, professionally mainly in the field of industrial architecture. His photographs are characterized by rigorous objectivity of the depicted, based on the postulates of The Düsseldorf School of Photography. His architectural photographs are predominantly minimalistic in their structure and shot with a large-format camera. Cvetkovič is known for a conceptual approach to photography. He is particularly interested in unveiling the symbolic meaning behind the buildings concerning their urban history, whilst the selection of motifs reflects his preoccupation with issues of urban architecture. In recent years, his main focus has been the phenomenon of light and space from a more formalistically abstract and conceptually universal starting point. His last major solo exhibition, entitled NO-SPACE | ZERO-SPACE, was held in 2018 in the former monastery church of the Božidar Jakac Gallery in Kostanjevica. 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. -
Roberto Kusterle (1948, Gorizia) has been active in the field of visual art since the 1970s, initially taking up painting and installation work. In the late 1980s, he became interested in photography, which soon became the main medium for his artistic expression. In his work, he focuses on the themes of continuality and connectivity between the human, animal and the natural world. His artistic style encompasses elements of the unusual, bizarre and the surreal. His photographs are not documentary in nature, but are figments of his imagination; the objects, people and the worlds depicted do not exist in reality and typically serve as the basis for his photography. He has been actively exhibiting throughout Italy, Slovenia and internationally since 1988. During this time he has participated in more than 90 solo exhibitions and more than 140 group exhibitions. His most recent solo exhibitions include Habitados at the Museo de la Memoria Històrica Universitaria, Publa, Mexico (2020), the 20e èdition du Festival Europèen de Photo de Nu, Church Sainte-Anne, Arles (2020), Echo, Galleria Weber & Weber, Turin (2021), and series Echo and Cartacei at the Photon Gallery in Ljubljana and Vienna (2023). During his artistic career, he has published 15 monographs. 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. -
Rajko Bizjak (1963) is a photographer who studied film at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb (1990). He is the author of numerous photography series and worked on over ten short and documentary films as the director or cameraman. Teaching photography since 1995, he has had vast experience in this field of teaching at an array of schools, courses, seminars, symposiums in Slovenija and abroad. Since 2006, he has been a high-school and since 2009, a higher education professor for photography and film. His body of work is characterised by erotic photography of the female body, which he presents in unusual and provocative aspects in projects such as The Game (1986), Hommage a Eikoh Hosoe (1991), Kanaan (1996) and Flowers (2001). He presented his solo project Short Stories (2011) at the Photon Gallery. His works are held in the collections of the Cabinet for Slovenian Photography Kranj and have also been presented at the Bonhams auction house. 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. -
Tanja Verlak (1979) received her PhD from the Royal College of Art in London. Through ontological and phenomenological models of the photographic image, she examined the relationship between the indexical image and its iconic or imaginary aspects. She conducted part of her research at the renowned British interdisciplinary research institution The British School at Rome. In 2021, she received a prestigious Fulbright grant and was invited by MoCP – The Museum of Contemporary Photography and Columbia University in Chicago to work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She is a recipient of a Zois scholarship and other awards and fellowships, including the Royal College of Art Research Bursary and the TATA Grant. She has twice been honoured with the Slovenian Photography of the Year Award. She has exhibited at home and abroad (AIPAD, New York, Paris Photo, Texas Contemporary Art Fair Houston, Tate Modern (Offprint), GoEun Museum of Photography, Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Maribor Art Gallery). In Slovenia she has recently exhibited at ZRC SAZU and at the Nova Gorica City Gallery. Her works are part of national and international art collections and were recently auctioned by Sotheby's. 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. -
Vojko Flegar (1958) is a law graduate, retired journalist, contributor to Radio Študent and Tribuna, correspondent, commentator and editor of Delo and Dnevnik, and freelance journalist. He was also an occasional photographer who followed early Slovenian punk, rock and alternative music with his camera in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when these marginal creative practises were not yet of interest to most "serious" photographers. His mainly reportage-like ouevre condensed in a relatively short period of three years is focused on the interaction between the performers on stage and the audiences' interventions in public space, especially in the form of graffiti. Some of his photographs, after being published in magazines and on record sleeves from this period, later became part of the visual legacy of this perhaps most subculturally exciting time in Slovenia. Over the last two decades, he has participated in some of Photon Gallery's thematic group exhibitions, such as Laibach Focus (2004), Children of Happiness. Punk Scene of the Early 1980s (2005), Pankrti. Nowt's Getting On (2007), Postering Forbidden. The Story of Buldožer (2015). 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.
