Progressive Street

I am an urban creature in love with life, an improviser who relies on intuition rather than reason for my creative endeavors

Long ago, I embraced the genre of street photography. Yet instead of documenting reality, I steal scenes from it … to create images of my own ... composing them only in the camera with a single exposure. From a visual point of view, I am especially attracted to (perhaps obsessed with …) reflections, shadows, and silhouettes. From the point of content … I’m in search of the unusual, the surreal … looking for scenes … implying independent stories that evoke an emotional narrative.

I was born in 1957, in the beautiful town of Ljubljana … then Yugoslavia but now Slovenia. Although I studied architecture, I was also a musician and devoted most of my time and creativity to this expression. I was quite successful … but not enough to support my family (three children, all adults now). So I spent 10-years in dull, mind-numbing yet very stressfull  professions as a wage-slave.

As an antidote to my various sell-outs, I started to pursue photography some 40-years ago. However, this was strictly a way to document my immediate family. This resulted in some of my most satisfying photography … yet my artistic expression remained only a hobby. A few years ago, I rediscovered photography in the digital era - which not only made the creative process easier … but also allowed me to connect with other photographers on this-and-that social platform. Soon I found my point-and-shoot camera very limiting. It was only natural for me to acquire a serious DSLR … and this was like an epiphany. Things changed … photography took hold of me as never before. It was almost an addiction.

Over time, I stopped reading reviews on every new piece of photo gear and used my leisure to discover new ideas and new photographers on the internet … studying the history of both past masters and inspiring contemporaries of street photography. This gave me such a marvelous boost … and I began long photo walks and discovering tricks and techniques of shooting in the streets.

Before I realized it, photography had become an important creative outlet for me. I began showing my work to other people … first friends … and later sharing it on the web. Anyone who pursues artistic expression cannot operate in a vacuum for long. Acceptance and validation and yes … even constructive criticism … is just damn good medicine.

Recently, my health has failed me - but photography is what really keeps me going, happy to be alive every day. Despite teetering off toward antiquity, having lost my boyish charm and a young man’s energy, I still consider myself an amateur photographer … gladly a work-in-progress, always looking forward to what comes next.

Group Exhibitions

Sense of space, layers, colour matching... control over the background along with a grain of humour...