About
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS
Dirty containers and old walls contain a world of their own that can be epic in scale. Small as it is, it is usually hidden from our view, but it is there if you look close enough. When you do, some motifs immediately catch your eye as you recognize a familiar concept. But more often less distinguished and seemingly less attractive surfaces, with their complex forms and patterns, produce the most striking images. It’s just a matter of removing the context and replacing it with a new one. This way, partial shots of rusty doors and garbage containers, old walls and cracked tiles, even dirty tires, suddenly become abstractions.
Presented abstract photographs were made in 2012/13, mostly in Berlin, some also in London and Rome, using analogue and digital cameras.
EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS
See Me Gallery – The Story of the Creative, group exhibition, 25/7-10/9 2013, New York, USA
New Artist Fair – 06-08 September 2013, art fair, London, UK
Berliner liste – 18-22 September 2013, art fair, Berlin, Germany
Gallery Uno – 29 November – 31 January 2014, with Rie Kuroda, Berlin, Germany
Pop-up Gallery, 6-13 December 2013, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
Pop-up Gallery – January 2014, group exhibition, Berlin, Germany
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia – February-June 2014, solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
ABOUT ME
I was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where I graduated in ethnology and sociology. For a while I was a journalist and writer, now I’m a filmmaker and photographer, currently living in Berlin. I wrote an award-winning screenplay “Lara” and directed a couple of short films and one feature film, “We’ve never been to Venice” (2008). I’m currently developing my next feature film.
INTERVIEWS about my photography work:
For information about my film work visit the page of film production company Tomahavk: tomahavk.org
Your photos are beautiful — very inspiring.
can i go one further than the above comment, pls? i think your photos are exceptional and need to be included in some of the top photo magazines! and when i saw you use film cameras, well, that was the highlight of the day for me! i remember using a practika myself…excellent cameras, although a bit under-engineered i think. anyways, fantastic work, sir…can we have more pls?
Hey thanks for the follow, Hope you enjoy my blog, you have a great blog here.
It’s great there are still film shooters out there. I really like your black and white category as I am an avid fan of B&W and miss the darkroom processing we did at school. Like you, I also like lines, buildings, doors, etc. Thank-you also for your recent likes of a couple of my posts “Corlear Bay” and “Great Point, Nantucket”; I very much appreciate that.
Great stuff. I’m really impressed you are still using film. Like others have said on here, I miss the dark room as well. Keep up the good work.
Now this is to my taste!
And the more abstract you go, the more i like it
I nominated you for the ‘One Lovely Blogger’ Award! http://hslaterblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/the-one-lovely-blogger-award/
Door VII is amazing, some of your photos are brilliant. thanks for sharing.
Pleased to come across another film user.
Very nice work here. I specially like your abstract pictures. Inspiring!
Your images are beautiful. Thanks for your comments on my paintings. I’ll look forward to your posts-
Your blog is awesome – so I nominated you for the “Super-Sweet Blogging” Award. Check out the link here: http://christopherribeiro.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/super-sweet-blogging-award/.
I like what you have to say.
And again a great series!
I am following your image flow
Is it possible to comment on individual images??
I just found your site and love the photographs. I am a great lover of extreme-close-ups and all the cracks and bumps in the tactile world. I live in Sequoia National Forest in a cabin, and the roof has leaked so often that there is a small stain on the ceiling that looks like Bob Marley, and another that my daughter says looks like Sequoia bark. 🙂
I’ll be following. If you have the time and interest, I invite you to peek in on my blog of kids projects, art & Sequoia.
Cheers,
Karen
http://kartwheels.org/
Beautiful photography
Great Work! Enjoyed All!
Hi, thanks for visiting and following my blog. I like your work a lot; and it feels familiar. (go to menu-item portfolio and watch ‘Etched by Life’ and/or ‘Abstract’ if you want to see what I mean). No ‘like’-buttons: so I’m gonna push ‘follow’. See you, cheers, harrie.
Like it all. Loads of inspiration.
hi,
thanks for visiting my blogsite. you have great photos here. lots of inspiration and i like your style.
regards,
Mel
I like the way you look at your environment! Beautiful abstracts.
Such creative eye for the extraordinary in the ordinary!
Your work is simply extraordinary. In a literal sense, moreover.
Your artistic culture/background is well demonstrated by your wonderful shots, with an opposite path to abstract painting: the painter tries and builds his images; you find and compose them in “plein air”.
Thank you for sharing your remarkable research, Blaz.
Best, Luigi.
hi Blaz – nice to meet you – It’s interesting to read about your work and personal background – it’s a joy to discover your visual work – (pst, being a sociologist as well, i’d almost call them ‘structures of daily life’)
Wonderful work. As I am still learning about photography, I find it fascinating to look at different photographers’ work. Everyone sees something different; everyone has a different viewpoint. Given your experience and talent, it was generous of you to visit and be interested in my new blog. Thank you. My eyes have been opened wider by seeing through your lens and vision.
There’s a beautiful sense of abstraction to your photography. I love your work.
I stumbled across your site and thought you were painting – the pics are gorgeous and painterly.