Josip Klarica was born in 1946 in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. He is an internationally acclaimed artist working in the mediums of film and photography. He lives and works in Zagreb

Zagreb

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He first studied photography and then attended the Film Academy in Prague (1975–77). As an art photographer he is interested in the history of photographic techniques and photo-chemical processes. He uses old photographic techniques for example he has experimented with the camera obscura

Camera obscura

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 and a replica of a panoramic chamber (Paris, 1845) which he designed himself and adjusted to his needs. He primarily shoots portraits, landscapes and still life (Slaughter, Fair, Still Life).

He has had many solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including: The Photographers' Gallery (London, 1982), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

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, 1991, Centro Culturale San Fedele (Milan, 1994), Galerie Johannes Faber (Vienna, 2002), Klovićevi dvori

Klovicevi dvori

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 Gallery (Zagreb, 2005). His works belong to several museum and gallery collections: the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (Rochester), Bibliotheque Nationale de France

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 (Paris), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), the Museum of Arts and Crafts (Zagreb), the Musée Nicéphore Niépce (Chalon-sur-Saône), and the Modern Gallery, Zagreb

Modern Gallery, Zagreb

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