Serija protestnih fotografij Nika Erika Neubauerja je sprva nastajala spontano, nato pa je v luči vedno večjega vsebinskega strukturiranja protestov prerasla v obsežno zbirko podob, ki danes predstavljajo ne le sistematičen arhiv dogajanja, temveč samonikel pristop k žanru reportažno-dokumentarne fotografije. Prav protestna fotografija ima neredko ključno vlogo pri oblikovanju kolektivne pripovedi o specifičnem protestnem gibanju. Zato v določenih primerih fotografija protestov prehaja iz beleženja v komentar in interpretacijo tiste osebe, ki stoji za objektivom.

O umetniku:

Nik Erik Neubauer (1994) je diplomiral iz fotografije na VIST – Oddelku za fotografijo (2017) in magistriral na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani (2021). Nase je opozoril z več razstavnimi projekti, foto zini in tudi fotoknjigo Ko greš na jug, vedno jokaš dvakrat. Od leta 2022 je fotograf časopisa Dnevnik. V letu 2021 je bil nominiran za nagrado Leica Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award, revija GUP Magazine pa ga je na izboru Fresh Eyes uvrstila med najperspektivnejše evropske fotografe. S strani Društva novinarjev Slovenije je leta 2021 prejel nagrado Watchdog za izjemne dosežke na področju novinarske fotografije, leta 2022 pa je bil eden od zmagovalcev Belfast Photo Festivala, enega najpomembnejših festivalov za sodobno fotografijo.

–> Razstava je na ogled med 9. majem in 31. avgustom 2023.

ENG:

The series of protest photographs by Nik Erik Neubauer started spontaneously, but then, in light of the increasingly thematic structuring of the protests, grew into an extensive collection of images that today not only represent a systematic archive of what happened in those days, but also a self-contained approach to the genre of reportage-documentary photography. Moreover, it is protest photography that often plays a key role in shaping the collective narrative of a specific protest movement. This is why, in certain cases, such photography moves from recording to commentary and interpretation by the person behind the lens.

About the author: 

Nik Erik Neubauer (1994) graduated in photography from VIST – Department of Photography (2017) and received his MA from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (2021). He has drawn attention to himself with several exhibition projects, photo zines and a photo book You Always Cry Twice When You Go to the South. Since 2022, he has been a photographer for the newspaper Dnevnik. In 2021 he was nominated for the Leica Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award and was named one of Europe’s most promising photographers by GUP Magazine’s Fresh Eyes. In 2021, he received the Watchdog Award for outstanding achievement in journalistic photography from the Slovenian Association of Journalists. In 2022, he was one of the winners of the Belfast Photo Festival, one of the most important festivals for contemporary photography.

–> The exhibition is on between May 9 and August 31, 2023.

Knjiga je dvojezična (slovenščina / angleščina) = the book is bilingual (slovene / english).