Marko Repše

Slovenia based photographer specializing in fashion and art photography.
Contact details below. Prints and an artist’s statement even lower. Enjoy the website; more pictures, less talk.

Prints

All of my photos, be it fine art, personal or commercial are imagined as large prints. If it looks good big then it is probably done right. I print on glossy photo paper at sizes up to 100x75cm as experience has shown that this format is more visually pleasing than other options. These prints are then pasted on thin and very flat pieces of aluminium giving a minimal, modern look. Please e-mail if interested.

Artist’s statement

The following applies to my fine art and personal projects, with its ideas extending to rare commercial project I stumble upon, but more loosely due to the different requirements. It is quite long and I’ll probably include a shortened version at a later date. It will also change over time.

Starting with the obvious, photography is a visual medium. It captures a moment in time and that moment of time is all that is there to a photograph. Which means that in essence, a moment in time must have ample content (or lack thereof) and captured in such a way that the visual qualities are in line (or not) with the subject matter. On the content side, I often imagine the production as a small movie set with a story to tell. You need to have something to show otherwise there's no point doing anything in the first place.

My photos are not composited and contain minimal or even no retouching. I prefer a purist approach; get it done correctly in camera without needing to fix anything in post production. Not only does this method allow for a higher quality final result, it is also ultimately more fulfilling as an artist.

I also tend to look for nonstandard locations to work in since nonstandard locations are not what most people see everyday or even realize they exist. Possibly fewer still realize that such locations can be interesting as well as beautiful. I do not shy away from extreme locations, requiring extensive effort to reach and then working in conditions which are uncomfortable.

I could talk about equipment and technicalities but won't. Its not really the point. I use what I use and use it how I use it.

Photography is also an interesting medium due to the complexity of its place among the arts. Is it an art? If not, then what is it? It is an endless debate which I will not drag into this. What it obviously does have is a profound capability for emotional response, but at the same time a limited spectrum of information exchange. One picture may be worth a thousand words, yet always the context is forgotten in the sense that these words are for the most part descriptive. A master writer may convey a lot more substance and meaning in 1000 words, but in photography this is not necessarily the point. Simply being beautiful can be sufficient for a photograph. So this boils down to the philosophical discussion of why one should do (art) photography in the first place. Is it simply to create something beautiful/interesting/intriguing, or is it to imitate the writer and convey a message visually? Clearly it can be both, yet which one of these, or more precisely, where between them, becomes then the question. As with life, meaning is an intrinsic value, therefore any meaning in my photos (or lack thereof) which goes beyond their basic existence I leave to the viewer to find for themselves.