Edi Šelhaus: Photographic Highlights
The exhibition Edi Šelhaus: Photographic Highlights is yet another thematic exhibition from rich fund of photographs by Edi Šelhaus, one of Slovenian’s best-known photojournalists. The collection of his works is held by the Slovenian Museum of Contemporary History. On this occasion, we have prepared a selection of photographs from the world of film, theatre, radio and television. The exhibition serves as an introduction to a retrospective exhibition of photographs by Edi Šelhaus that will be prepared by the Slovenian Museum of Contemporary History to mark the centenary of the photographer’s birth.
The photographs in the exhibition Edi Šelhaus: Photographic Highlights were taken in the period from 1958 to 1973, with the addition of one earlier photograph from 1945. They feature highlights from the filming of Slovenian and foreign films, from the Venice Film Festival, and from the backstage of film or theatre events, as well as shots from theatrical performances and television shows, images of radio and television announcers in studios, and so on. Among the exhibited works are photographs related to the films Ples v dežju, Robin Hood, Pastirci, Ograda, Jutro and Maškarada, to the television series VOS II and Cvetje v jeseni, to directors France Štiglic (who was also born one century ago), Boštjan Hladnik, France Kosmač, Andre Hieng, Veljko Bulajić and Puriša Đorđević, to theatre and film actors Stane Sever, Lojze Drenovec, Frane Milčinski (aka Ježek), Duša Počkaj, Polde Bibič, Marija Lojk, Špela Rozin, Kirk Douglas, Mel Ferrer, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Nero and Catherine Spaak, to the first entertainment television shows and the first television news broadcast in Slovenian, and to radio and television announcers Julka Vahen, Marija Velkavrh, Ana Mlakar, Iva Korošec, Nataša Dolenc, Vili Vodopivec, Marjan Kralj, Sašo Vuga, Jana Osojnik, and others. With these photographs, we also mark the 90th anniversary of radio and the 60th anniversary of television in Slovenia.
Exhibition curator: Jožica Šparovec
The photography exhibition has been prepared in cooperation with the Slovenian Museum of Contemporary History.
We recommend using the funicular railway to visit the exhibition.
Edi Šelhaus: photographic highlights. Photo: Domen Pal
Edi Šelhaus: photographic highlights. Photo: Domen Pal
Snow White (Marija Benko) and the Prince (Danilo Benedičič), who appeared in the children’s fairy tale Snow White (written by Pavel Golia, directed by Mile Korun, premiered at the Slovene National Theatre SNG Drama on 29 November 1959). Performed by actors from Ljubljana Drama in Tivoli Park, Ljubljana, 1959.
Actor, chansonnier, writer, artistic director of the drama programme and radio performance Frane Milčinski (aka Ježek) just before one of his premiere performances, late 1950s.
A scene from the filming of The Old Testament for an Italian film producer in the Sava district in Ljubljana in August 1962: the backdrops with the temples in Jerusalem were built by Filmservis based on sketches by architect Niko Matul.
Filming of Robin Hood (an Italian version coproduced by Triglav Film) in May 1962 at the Ljubljana Castle – with director Umberto Lenzi and principal actors Gia Scala and Don Burnett (in the photograph).
The first music-entertainment TV show Promenada, which was about judges and the police, at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, November 1959. Directed by France Jamnik and written by Janez Menart. Among those appearing in the show were the RTV Ljubljana Big Band, an opera and ballet ensemble, theatrical artists, singers and more.
Filming of the first socio-critical film for children Pastirci (based on a book by France Bevk) in Sorica in 1973. The director was France Štiglic (assistant Tugo Štiglic, director of photography Rudi Vavpotič). The photograph shows young actors (from the left): Bogo Ropotar (Blaže), Miha Levstek (Lenart) and Andrej Cevka (Ferjanč).
Filming of the coproduction film Ograda na Verdu in October 1960 (screened in 1961), which addressed the issues of concentration camps and the moral awareness that raises prisoners to the level of rebels and heroes. The film received an award at the Pula Film Festival in July 1961.
Filming of the TV series VOS II in the period 1970–1971 in Bistra (the second series; the first series was filmed in 1965); directed by France Štiglic, produced by RTV Ljubljana (1971). The photograph shows (from left to right): Mirko Bogataj, Lojze Rozman, Iztok Jereb and Dare Valič.
Beauty and the Beast, a play for children (by Nicolas Stuart Grey) at Ljubljana Castle in April 1960. Actors of the Slovenian Youth Theatre in Ljubljana performing: Kristina Piccoli (middle) as Beauty and Duša Počkajeva (right) and Helena Skebetova (left) as little sisters.
