This years Fotopub will be from 26th - 31 July, when our workshops on different levels will be taking place. The exhibitions will be open until 7th August. We will announce full program shortly.
Theme of this year’s festival will be “Crossing Borders”. The fast changing landscape of documentary storytelling within photojournalism shows us more than only the picture. Multimedia sounds and movies are integrated in the story itself. Many agencies, web based magazines etc shift their focus towards this new style na...rrative. We as Fotopub will take the lead in signalizing these trends. In our workshops we let participants meet new technology, new contacts and above all new ideas and creativity. Mentors will ...
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Abbie Trayler-Smith (UK) is the winner of Nikon Thursday Award 2009! For her story "Still Human, Still Here" the jury (Pep Bonet, E; Meta Krese, Slo; Rok Gašparič, Slo; Chris de Bode, NL - Jury president) felt was the best and have awarded her the prize. Chris de Bode stated for the jury: "Abbie has shown a very personal story, where she went out and met people on her own doorstep and brought their stories to the public. She exposed ...
1. Jasmin Brutus, Bosnia and Hercegovina National sitting volleyball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2. Eman Mohammed, Palestine and Maja Hitij, Slovenia War in Gaza before and after 3. Simon Plestenjak, Slovenia Urban nomads 4. Ian Teh, UK Dark Clouds - The hidden side of China's miracle economy 5. Borut Peterlin, Slovenia 5am 6. Maria Luisita “Tammy” David, Phillipines The Bigger Picture: Fat Rights Advocates in America 7. Friso Spoelstra, Netherlands Dresscode Europe 8. Robin Hammond, UK Tuvalu - Islands ...
Festival was opened with exhibitions New stories (group exhibition) and Still Human, Stil Here (Abbie Trayler-Smith).
About this project On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America. Nobody knew if he would be the answer to all our questions, but it was no doubt a day of history, a day of change. COURRiER Japon has decided to launch its biggest project ever, we have assigned 132 photographers in 79 countries to document this day. Asking them to show what hope means to them. Over 1,000 pictures have been submitted ...
Monday at Fotopub... the beginning...
Borut Peterlin will blog from Fotopub every day and post it here. So this is podcast nr. 1.
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All exhibitions are open from 27th July – 15th August 2009; we are preparing special events at the galleries in the first week. From 27th July – 1st August, opening times are from 11am – 9pm. From 2nd August – 15th August, opening times are from 4pm – 8pm. Evening screenings – Story telling Fotopub workshops mentors will prepare lectures and presentations of their work, every evening from 9pm. These lectures are open to the public. Tribune Tribune is a ...
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Documentary photography with modulated artificial lighting Creation of a photographic story can base on different lighting techniques. One of possible approaches combines available sunlight or existing ambient light with artificial lighting devices, available to a photographer, such as studio or outdoor flashes, halogen and gas lights. Sometimes spaces where photographer creates a story become more persuasive and alive with additional lighting. Which and how many lighting devices to use and how to combine all light sources into harmonious unity are ...
Thursday, 30th July 2009, at 21.00 // Museum Gardens, Novo mesto, Slovenia Thursday Award is presented at Fotopub Festival for the best submitted documentary photo story. Photographers can enter their stories through an open call by filling out the form. Please follow the guidelines stated in the form. Thursday Award is open to all photographers without restrictions. All applications will go through a selection jury (Fotopub Festival). The final selection will be presented on 30th July 2009, when the prize ...
Every year the program of the festival carries a theme. This year art director Chris de Bode has chosen a theme “Making Contact” showing the work of photographers from almost all continents, meeting them and finding out if the “photo-language” they use is worlds apart from ours. Do all these photographers speak a different tongue in their pictures or is photography a universal medium where globalization is a natural thing? We will challenge the students and visitors to make contact ...
Check out is coming to this years edition of workshops at the workshops - mentors link. For more information on each mentor click on the name. For more information on the levels of workshops (1,2,3,master class) check the link workshops - program. http://www.fotopub.com/obja...
Fotopub 2010 | 26th July - 7th August
The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
W. Eugene Smith
Festival of documentary photography.
Founder of LokalPatriot is students society of Novo mesto - DNŠ. Partners of LokalPatriot are European Regional Development Fund, Ministry of culture, Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth, Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities and Town Municipality of Novo mesto. LokalPatriot is a part of a DNŠ group: DNŠ - students society of Novo mesto, Youth Hostel Situla, Publishing house Goga and LokalPatriot.
