Janko Belaj. Independent artist.

About the author

Janko Belaj (born 1965) is an independent fine-art photographer, graphic artist, and web programmer. He embarked on the journey into the world of photographic and graphic techniques in his early youth. His first works were published in the late 1970s, and since then, he has adorned numerous exhibitions and monographs in the field of art history (MUO, Muzejski prostor, Mimara, National Gallery in Ljubljana, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts…).

His client list includes several publishers, marketing agencies, and design houses (X-Press, Školska knjiga, Kult, DNA, Grey, Unex, CWH, Hand Design, McCann…) as well as various cultural and scientific institutions (IPU, FFZG, IARH, IEF, OFM, DARIAH…) and various production and sales companies (Končar, Podravka, Tuborg, Offertissima, Mercator, NTL, Turbo-Limač, Turbo-Sport…).

In 1998, he founded the first domestic portal dedicated to photography (fotozine.org), and since 2011, he has been a regular participant in the Foto Ars colonies. He is a member of the Department for Photography in Croatian Association of Artist of Applied Arts (ULUPUH), the Kadar 36 group and Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association (HZSU).

Janko Belaj: © 2015 Miroslav Arbutina - Arbe

© 2015 Miroslav Arbutina - Arbe

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