Slovenia Press Photo Festival

In 2009 the first Slovenia Press Photo Festival (SPP) took place in the National Gallery of Slovenia (in 2010 it moved to Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre). This competitive festival was established by the SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography in order to promote press and documentary photography in Slovenia.

With winners selected by an international jury of prominent experts (Christopher Morris, Adriana Zehbrauskas, Murad Sezer, Oded Balilty, and Heidi Levine in 2010, Emilio Morenatti, Antonin Kratochvil, Goran Tomašević, Patrick Witty, Christophe Simon in 2011), the national level competition concludes with an exhibition of the awarded works. It is accompanied by an overview exhibition of a renowned international press agency (in 2009 the Associated Press, in 2010 Sipa Press with the works by Göksin Sipahioglu, its founder, in 2011 the Agence France-Presse (AFP)), thematic exhibition (War VII by VII Photo Agency) or solo presentations (Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum Photos), lectures and courses.

Sections and awards

The festival awards the work (individual photographs or a story comprised of 3 to 10 photos) in the following sections: News, People, Sports, Entertainment & Culture, and Nature & Environment.

Luka Cjuha and Jaka Gasar (2009) and Jure Eržen and Jošt Franko (2010) won the main prizes.

In 2009 the exhibition of the awarded works travelled also to the gallery in the Sevnica Castle, in 2010, however, the exhibition of 58 selected photographs took place in New York, Tel Aviv and Istanbul.

In 2011 the exhibitions were set at the Palacij Hall of the Ljubljana Castle, at the Kresija Gallery and Magistrat Gallery.

External links

Slovenia Press Photo Festival (in Slovenian)
Winners of SPP Festival 2009

Slovenia Press Photo Festival

Sections and awards

See also

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