The photographer Josip Pelikan (1885 - 1977) left behind much high-quality documentary material from the time he lived in Celje between 1919 and 1977. Museum display presents a special museum collection containing historic photographic equipment, including travel cameras, mobile study cameras, studio lenses and backgrounds. Original photography of various formats, negatives and glass photographic plates show mainly portrait, studio, industry and mountain motives. Also important is photography of city Celje and health centers of the region in the first half of the 20th century for instance Rogaška Slatina, Dobrna and Rimske toplice.
History
Studio was established by Johann Martin Lenz, a photographer based in Celje, that had this studio built in 1899, with three workrooms on the ground floor and a metal-and-glass structure on the second floor. The studio was heated, enabling the photographer to work in it all year round. In Established : 1919 the house and studio were purchased by Josip Pelikan. The 19th-century glass photographic studio on the second floor makes daylight photography possible even today.
See also
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Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio
Panoramic view of Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio