Lightcaptured third: Wide vistas
(Marijan Grakalić for the exhibition catalogue)
Coming from the vast and rich panoramic world that surrounds us, the photographer Janko Belaj presents himself through the original and unadulterated clarity of his photographs, which are important precisely because they strongly emphasize the simplicity and authenticity of artistic creation. The artistic event here unfolds on several levels: first through the photograph itself as an artefact, and second through its content (the frame and the view), in which the discovery of each individual panorama is recorded as something new, fresh, and previously untouched. There are no charming tricks here. When looking at Belaj’s photographs, we have the feeling of looking at a world as it once was, reduced in the light spectrum in order to express its strong vitality, permanence, and that sense of untouchedness for which the artist actually longs.… Read more
