Slovenia Press Photo 2017: my photo wins Culture category, single image
Tuesday, 06/06/2017
Slovenia Press Photo 2017 - Culture category, single image winner: Green table at Festival Performa Platforma, Maribor, 2016 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Slovenia Press Photo (SPP) is a national festival of documentary photography and the biggest and most regarded yearly photo contest in Slovenia.
Besides the photo contest, Slovenia Press Photo also features lectures and round tables and this year it included some of the biggest names in the war photography genre including legendary Jon Swain and Enrico Dagnino.
The contest has five categories: News, Sports, People, Culture and Nature and environment, with every category having Single image and Series award.
I was very honoured that the international jury consisting of Zohra Bensemra (Jury President), Enrico Dagnino and Darko Bandić decided that one of my images is the best this year in the Culture category. Especially since this jury had high standards which meant that there was no Best Series in Sports category this year, and no Best overall Serial and Best overall Single.
The image in question show the brilliant urban performance "Green table" by choreographer Mateja Bučar that was performed last September in Maribor, as part of Festival Platforma Performa, with co-creators and great performers Evin Hadžialjević, Maja Kalafatič, Radharani Pernarčič and Nina Pertot Weis.
To be in the company of such great Slovenian photographers (to name just two - legendary Matic Zorman and Matjaž Krivic, both winners of the World Press Photo 2016) was also an award itself.
The exhibition of the awarded photographs will stay open in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, until 25th June 2017 and it will also be published as a special addition to "Sobotna priloga", Saturday’s supplement of highly esteemed Slovenian daily magazine Delo, this Saturday.
The Alfred Fried Photography Award moves to Paris
Saturday, 25/10/2014
"Cultivating a culture of peace – The Alfred Fried Photography Award, an exhibition to celebrate the 70th anniversary of UNESCO" group exhibition opens on 31th October 2014 at the UNESCO's Avenue Suffren entrance
Being shortlisted with my Lost in Music project photographs for Alfred Fried Photography Award, was a big recognition for my work, especially since there are so many amazing projects and photographs shortlisted this year, and music photography is often look down upon in the photojournalistic world. Honestly, I really feel very honoured to be in such extinguished club. But, the story goes on!
Lost in Music shortlisted for the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2014
Thursday, 11/09/2014
My music related project gets in top 21 shortlisted projects for a prestigious photo award
I am really proud to announce that my music related project "Lost in music" got shortlisted for this years Alfred Fried Photography Award!
Check out PPOTY 2012 finalists Top 20
Friday, 22/03/2013
Check out the free digital booklet showcasing the top 20 images in all PPOTY 2012 categories, there is some really stunning work there - happy to say see my two images included!
My image Desert caravan is a PPOTY 2012 finalist
Monday, 18/03/2013
Bodies in Urban Spaces gets into Street Top 20
April issue of the UK's Professional Photographer magazine brings the finalists of their Professional Photographer of the Year 2012 (PPOTY 2012) competition and I'm happy to say that my photograph is one of them!
My image gets commended at 2013 Sony World Photography Awards
Tuesday, 05/02/2013
Part of Top 50 in the Arts & Culture category
My image "Bodies in Urban Spaces" was commended in the Arts & Culture category of this years Sony World Photography Awards, making it in the Top 50 in that category!
International Photography Awards awards my photographic project "(Un)known faces"
Thursday, 13/09/2012
First place in the Music NON-PRO category
After last years 2nd place in "Advertising : Music NON-PRO" category for my "Lost in music" at the annual International Photography Awards awards, this year the judges decided to award my latest published project "(Un)known faces" 1st place in the same category!
Photography group exhibition "Moje mesto - bodoča evropska prestolnica kulture" opened last night
Friday, 16/12/2011
Photography group exhibition called "Moje mesto - bodoča evropska prestolnica kulture" ("My town - future European Capital of Culture"), opened yesterday at Univerzitetna knjižnica Maribor in Maribor, Slovenia, exhibiting four of my photographs, with one of them awarded the 2nd place in the competition.
International Photography Awards awards "Lost in music"
Monday, 22/08/2011
Jury of the annual International Photography Awards decided on this years finalists and winers: as it happens, they have awarded my project "Lost in music" the 2nd place in "Advertising : Music NON-PRO" category.