Evgen Bavčar

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Evgen Bavčar, 2017

Evgen Bavčar (born October 2, 1946 in Lokavec , Ajdovščina municipality , Slovenia ) is a blind photographer of Slovenian origin.

Life

Evgen Bavčar's father († 1953) came from a family of coppersmiths and his mother from a family whose ancestors were Austrian nobility. A sister was born in 1947. At the age of twelve, Bavčar first injured his left eye with a twig. A few months later, a mine detonator also wounded the right eye. His vision lost Bavčar gradually over a period of several months, which seemed like a slow farewell from light. His first photographs were taken at the age of sixteen.

Bavčar attended school at the Ljubljana Institute for the Blind and the grammar school in Nova Gorica . He studied history at the University of Ljubljana , which he graduated with a diploma in 1972. Bavčar then began studying philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris, which he completed in 1976. During his photo sessions, he prefers to be supported by children. His works can be seen in numerous exhibitions in Europe.

Bavčar lives and works in Paris; he is in possession of a French passport.

Publications

  • Close your eyes and through . Photo exhibition November 11, 1989 - January 14, 1990. Mülheim Municipal Museum in the Alte Post together with Karin Stempel and Max Schulz. Municipal Museum, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1989, ISBN 3-9802023-6-4 .
  • Years of light. Pictures by a blind photographer. Together with Walter Aue . Afterword by Dietmar Kamper . Metro, Berlin 1991 ISBN 3-928282-02-6
  • Le voyeur absolu . Editions du Seuil, Paris 1992
    • German edition: The absolute vision . Translated by Sybille Kershner. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-518-11909-5 .
  • Livre pour aveugles . 48 lithographs. Together with Miquel Barceló . 1993
  • Angel under the mountain. The story of a longing . Edition Pixis at Janus Press, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-928942-41-7 .
  • The unreachable star. A journey back in time . Together with Jacques Boesch and Esther Woerdehoff. Benteli , Bern 1996, ISBN 3-716-51055-6 .

literature

  • Wolfgang Tillmans, Friedl Kubelka, Evgen Bavčar, and Christa Biedermann: Schaulust, School for Artistic Photography Vienna. Edited by Friedl Kubelka. With an introduction by Wolfgang Tillmans. [Translation: Alexander Zigo]. Edition Camera Austria, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-900508-23-2 .
  • Walter Aue: At the end of the light. The photograph of the blind Evgen Bavčar . Edition Qwert Zui Opü, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933149-23-1 .

Quotes

  • “Even a blind person has visual facilities, optical needs. Like someone who longs for light in a dark room. Out of this longing, I take photos. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evgen Bavcar: The absolute seeing . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1994, p. 9f.
personal data
SURNAME Bavčar, Evgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Lokavec near Ajdovščina, Yugoslavia