Janez Marenčič
We are sad to again announce, that on February 25th our good friend and colleague
Janez Marenčič passed away. He was a lawyer and economist by profession. He was one of the founders of photo club in Kranj. He participated with his art works on many exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad for which he received many prizes. He was the first person within the Section of Slovene photography to make an own exhibition in 1971. He has repeated this action 3 more times in 1994, 2000 and 2004. In 1993 Modern Gallery of Ljubljana prepared an exhibition of his most prized works. This exhibition was also displayed in the well known gallery Ullysses in Vienna.
He kept in touch also with the modern trends of photography and unlike some of his younger colleagues, he approved the technical novelties and digital photography. His most famous words regarding this topic were
»It's not important how the photography is made. The important thing is that it's good!«
In his 70 year career Janez Marenčič as a photographer, basically achieved everything. He was one of the first members of Section of Slovene photography. He was named master of photography by Photographic association of Slovenia, and he received EFIAP title from International Federation of Photographic Art. He was a distinguished and honored juror on many photographic exhibitions.
He was a good friend, wise companion and a great mentor. In our photo club is considering his absence a great void and we will miss him dearly.
25th Februray 2007