Joco Žnidaršič
Tito’s relaxed manner towards the camera can also be seen as frank admission of the ruling regime that the photographs are indeed made and constructed rather than being a neutral documentation of reality.
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Among older generations within the territory of former Yugoslavia, May 25th is still remembered as Youth Day; the holiday that once marked the birthday of the federation’s life-long leader, Marshal Tito. An exhibition of Tito as a photographer by his personal photographer Joco Žnidaršič opened on May 25th, 2020 at Galerija Fotografija in Ljubljana – incidentally, just a few kilometres away from the hospital where Tito had died exactly four decades ago on May 4, 1980.
Jaka Gerčar (b. 1995, Ljubljana) is a PhD candidate at the University of Ljubljana. His current research interests concentrate on reading practices in the humanities, publishing, and the social ramifications of digitisation. He also contributes essays and pieces of criticism in subjects such as philosophy, literature, and art. He is the head of publishing for Membrana Institute, Ljubjana and serves as the managing editor of the Dutch journal Depth of Field (Leiden University Press).
Joco Žnidaršič (b. 1938) is a Slovenian photographer. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana in 1963. During his studies he took up press and art photography to which he devoted himself fully in subsequent years. As a press photographer he worked for publications Študentska tribuna and Tovariš, and was the editor of photography for the Delo daily newspaper from 1974 until his retirement. Beside his work as a press photographer he published numerous photo monographs that were praised by the critics and have earned him a reputation as one of the most prominent Slovene press and art photographers. He is the receiver of more than 50 domestic and international awards including World Press Photo Award, the Prešeren Fund Award and the Župančič Award. He received the Puhar Award for lifetime achievement and Consortium Veritatis Award for lifetime achievement in journalism in Slovenia. In 2009, the President of the Republic of Slovenia Danilo Türk conferred on him the Golden Order for Services for lifetime achievement in the area of photography and for valuable contribution to Slovenia s visibility. In 2013, the President Borut Pahor decorated him with the Order of Merit for his participation in the project Slovenia My Country.
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