MEET THE…
Meet the… | is a section in BLUR dedicated to all those involved in the world of professional photography who are not primarily photographers. In this section we introduce well known photography collectors, artistic directors of photo galleries and museums, managers of photo fairs and festivals, editors of prominent photo magazines, curators, photo associations, and similar topics.
BLUR MAGAZINE 25 | MEET THE… | Joanne Junga Yang, Korea
“Since the 2000s, photography has been going through a process of revolutionary changes due to the advanced digital technology. Now taking photographs is not the specialty it once was, but rather a normal part of our lifestyle. In fact, for many people it has become an integral part of their daily life. It became a socio-cultural phenomenon beyond its previous role as a medium of expression for recording or arts.”
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ŽELIMIR KOŠČEVIĆ | editor of Meet the… |
Želimir Koščević is currently a freelance curator and expert in national and international contemporary art and photography. He graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1964 with degrees in Art History and Ethnology. He has served as curator of the Museum of Applied Art, as the director of Student’s Centre Art gallery, and for many years as chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, all in Zagreb. Koščević was a part-time professor of Museology at the Department of Art History of the University of Zagreb from 1975 until 1980 and again from 1989 until 1997. Between 1992 and 1996, he was editor of 20th Century Art at the Lexicographic Institute in Zagreb. Koščević is a member of ICOM/CIMAM, IKT, AICA, and the European Society for the History of Photography. Since 2002, he has worked as program advisor for Foto Galerija Lang in Samobor.
Koščević has published nine books on contemporary art and published more than 500 articles, monographs, essays, and exhibition catalogues in his homeland and abroad (Austria, Germany, Denmark, U.S., Hungary, Mexico, Czech Republic, Holland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Estonia, Sweden, and Slovenia).