FESTIVAL OF 

PHOTOGRAPHY

115 Photographers from Kranj and Europe

20 Premiere Photo Series

14 Locations in the Galleries, Theatre and on the Streets

8 Debates, Walks, Challenges and Workshops

Horst Friedrichs, Blaž Pintar, Tiago Sales, Mia Paller, João Carlos, Valeria Galizzi, Alberto García-Alix, João Moreira, Mark Breznik, Matej Aleksov, Sergej Stijović, Božidar Basta, Aleša Fojkar, Sivan Askayo, Mario Karlovčec, Nadja Stare, Celso Colaço, Mina Bulić, Monica Polcino, Lana Špiler, Petja Montanez, Maria Anna Giordano, Tomás Monteiro, Primož Krašna, Nika & Jan Bele, Boštjan Gunčar, Gregor Eržen, Gregor Aljančič, 22 authors of Janez Puhar Photo Association, 65 authors of Photo Salon Landscape 2019

This November will be marked by the revival of the Hyalotype, if old stories, blurred photos and dusty manuals give you any clue. But if this time of the year usually reminds us of the upcoming lure of darkness, this year we will have a month of significant flashes of light. Starting with the fact that Kranj is the birthplace of the photographic imprint on glass, made possible by Janez Puhar´s invention more than a century and a half ago, it shouldn´t come as a surprise that photography is coming back to one of its founding pillars, the city where rivers meet and where creativity never divides.

In the year in which Kranj was named the City of Film and Photography Pioneers, we look far beyond borders and re-connect with the heart of the old continent. Will we become the European Capital of Culture in 2025? Can we ever be the European Capital of Photography? Can the perfect definition of Mitteleuropa be the ideal location for one of its creative hubs? Is peripherical the new central?

Some of these questions will be asked by João Vilela Geraldo as the Curator of the Première series, inaugurating this week of creative gatherings, multiple exhibitions and events.
Together with Živa Drinovec, Miha Marenčič, Zala Orel, Petra Puhar Kejžar, the community of photographers and all the curious minds wondering our streets and spaces, we are scattering the seeds for new fruitful collaborations to bring back to Kranj what industry once did: a purpose, sense of community and a timetable. Now it´s up to us to make the product shine.