In 2024, we celebrated 100. the anniversary of the birth of Marjan Ciglic, the legendary master photographer and one of the most prominent Slovenian photojournalists in the second half of the 20th century. century.
Among other things, Marjan Ciglic was an outstanding portraitist, and the art of his work shows genuine emotions in photographs, which are a combination of knowledge, foresight and connection with the persons in the photograph. He knew how to be in the right place at the right moment, whether the moments were happy or sad. The photographs at the exhibition will take visitors to the fun and cheerful motives of people in the face of various situations, which will put a smile on their faces and remind them of beautiful moments in life.
Marjan Ciglic was born in 1924 in Kranj. He first encountered photography in 1938 in the photography studio of Franz Jug in Kranj. During the German occupation during World War II, he was forcibly mobilized into the German army, where he experienced the war whirlwind of the Eastern Front. After eleven months, he managed to get leave, at the first opportunity he deserted and joined the partisan units, where he was also entrusted with military and political functions. The end of the war was met by a seriously wounded man in the Pavla partisan hospital. After demobilization in 1946, he first worked in a photographic studio in Ajdovshchina and Vipava, but then was transferred to Ljubljana in Fotolik. He was arrested in 1949 and sent to Goli otok for eleven months. After returning home, he was returned to his old place of work in Fotolik, where he stayed until 1956, then for a year he got a job at Foto Potrc. In 1957, at the repeated initiative of journalists from Dnevnik, he decided to join Dnevnik's team, to which he remained faithful until 1997, as long as he was able to go on the road and take pictures. Ciglic was thus present at the newspaper Dnevnik almost from the beginning (1951) and grew together with it, and at the same time he was one of the most prominent people in the creation and operation of the Sunday Daily, which first appeared in 1962. His outstanding photographic oeuvre has been created for more than forty years and is estimated at approximately 300 thousand shots. The photographs show various aspects, from important political events to seemingly simple everyday moments, which is why they are a valuable document of showing the time and understanding of the life of Slovenians. Ciglic has received several awards for his work, among which the most outstanding are the Friday plaque, which he received in 1973, and the Tomsic prize, which he received in 1980. Marjan Ciglic died in 1998.
The newspaper Dnevnik recognized his photographic work as an important national cultural heritage, so in 2001, when it celebrated its 50th birthday. anniversary, donated to the Museum of contemporary and Contemporary History of Slovenia.
The exhibition will be on display at the City Library of Ljubljana-Slavic library (Einspieler Street 1, Ljubljana) until 28. February 2025.
Leta 2024 smo obeleževali 100. obletnico rojstva Marjana Cigliča, legendarnega fotografskega mojstra in enega izmed najvidnejših slovenskih fotoreporterjev v drugi polovici 20. stoletja.
Marjan Ciglič je bil med drugim izreden portretist, umetnost njegovega dela pa prikazujejo pristna čustva na fotografijah, ki so kombinacija znanja, predvidevanj in povezanosti z osebami na fotografiji. Ciglič je znal biti v pravem trenutku na pravem mestu, pa naj so bili trenutki veseli ali pa žalostni. Fotografije na razstavi bodo obiskovalce popeljale po zabavnih in veselih motivih ljudi ob različnih situacijah, ki jim bodo narisale nasmeh na obraz in jih spomnile na lepe trenutke v življenju.
Marjan Ciglič se je rodil leta 1924 v Kranju. S fotografijo se je prvič srečal leta 1938 v fotografskem ateljeju Franca Juga v Kranju. V času nemške okupacije med drugo svetovno vojno je bil prisilno mobiliziran v nemško vojsko, kjer je izkusil vojno vihro vzhodne fronte. Po enajstih mesecih mu je uspelo dobiti dopust, ob prvi priložnosti je dezertiral in se pridružil partizanskim enotam, kjer so mu bile zaupane tudi vojaške in politične funkcije. Konec vojne je dočakal hudo ranjen v partizanski bolnišnici Pavla. Po demobilizaciji leta 1946 je najprej delal v fotografskem studiu v Ajdovščini in Vipavi, potem pa je bil premeščen v Ljubljano v Fotolik. Leta 1949 so ga aretirali in za enajst mesecev poslali na Goli otok. Po vrnitvi domov so mu vrnili staro delovno mesto v Fotoliku, kjer je ostal do leta 1956, nato se je za leto dni zaposlil pri Foto Potrču. Leta 1957 se je na večkratno pobudo novinarjev iz Dnevnika odločil, da se pridruži Dnevnikovi ekipi, ki ji je ostal zvest vse do leta 1997 oz. dokler je zmogel na pot in fotografirati. Ciglič je bil tako prisoten pri časopisu Dnevnik skoraj od začetka (1951) in rastel skupaj z njim, hkrati pa je bil eden od najvidnejših ljudi pri nastanku in delovanju Nedeljskega dnevnika, ki je prvič izšel leta 1962. Njegov izjemen fotografski opus je nastajal več kot štirideset let in je ocenjen na okvirno 300 tisoč posnetkov. Fotografije prikazujejo različne vidike, od pomembnih političnih dogodkov, do na videz preprostih vsakdanjih trenutkov, zato so dragocen dokument prikazovanja časa in razumevanja življenja Slovencev. Ciglič je za svoje delo prejel več nagrad, med katerimi najbolj izstopata Petkova plaketa, ki jo je prejel leta 1973, in Tomšičeva nagrada, ki jo je prejel leta 1980. Marjan Ciglič je umrl leta 1998.
Časopisna hiša Dnevnik je njegov fotografski opus prepoznala kot pomembno nacionalno kulturno dediščino, zato ga je leta 2001, ko je praznovala 50. obletnico, podarila Muzeju novejše in sodobne zgodovine Slovenije.
Razstava bo na ogled v Mestni knjižnici Ljubljana – Slovanski knjižnici (Einspielerjeva ulica 1, Ljubljana) do 28. februarja 2025.