The exhibition of photographer Meta Krese will be hitherto the most comprehensive presentation of her photographic series and cycles. The photographer is amongst the most prominent Slovenian photojournalists, who has established herself in this predominantly male profession.

As John Bergers states, a system of radiation needs to be created around the photograph so that it can be viewed simultaneously as personal, political, economic, dramatic, mundane, and historical. At this exhibition, the artist will place (or take) somewhat personal photo confessions from the lives of migrants. From where, where to, when, how, and why are just some basic questions that she asks herself as she meets people who have moved from their native places into a new environment. Answers are most often attainable and also clear. However, issues arise when a new identity needs to be formed. What happens to them once they step outside the environment in which they know solid forms of connectivity and are then left without any frames of reference and move into a new space. Photography, within the power and energy of its record, wants to make its audience ask itself a similar question. It is interested in people of all genders, ages, social classes, who have migrated and still migrate around the world, within the European Union, Slovenia and beyond. Whether today or yesterday. However, this demands a lot of socialising, which produces photographic stories and explorations and an analysis of social and cultural environments. Meta Krese is certainly amongst the most prominent Slovenian authors in the field of photography. Her socially critical and active oeuvre, as well as her extensive photographic oeuvre, have strengthened and creatively enriched contemporary Slovenian and international photography.

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