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{{Infobox
| name                = Festival of Photography Maribor
| localname           = Festival fotografije Maribor
| logo                = 
| street              = Židovska ulica 6
| town                = SI-2001 Maribor
| telephone           = 
| email               = fotofestival.maribor@gmail.com
| website             = http://www.fotoklub-maribor.si/
| organised by        = Photoclub Maribor
| frequency           = annual
| dates and duration  = 
| duration weeks      = 
| festival dates      = 24.9.2016 - 11.10.2016, 23.9.2017 - 30.9.2017, 10.9.2018 - 30.9.2018, 10.9.2019 - 30.9.2019, 12.9.2020 - 30.9.2020, 18.9.2021 - 5.10.2021, 17.9.2022 - 1.10.2022, 16.9.2023 - 1.10.2023
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Katja Finec Kos 
| role                = Public relations
| email               = 
| telephone           = 386 (0) 31 501 900
}}
{{Contact
| name                = Branimir Ritonja
| role                = President of Photoclub Maribor
| email               = 
| telephone           = 386 (0) 51 336 991
}}
| accounts = 
https://www.facebook.com/fotoklub.maribor/
https://www.instagram.com/festivalfotografijemaribor/
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The [[Festival of Photography Maribor]] is an international festival of photography, founded in [[established::2016]]. Comprised of various photography exhibitions as well as lectures, discussions and even multimedia displays, the festival is organised by [[Photoclub Maribor]].

It takes place in the city of Maribor, utilising many of its gallery spaces, among them the [[Media Nox Gallery]], the [[ Gallery K18 ]], the [[Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor|Maribor Synagogue]], the [[DLUM Gallery]], the [[Stolp Photogallery]], [[Vetrinjski dvor]], the [[Photography Museum Maribor]], the [[Epeka Gallery]], the [[University of Maribor Library]] and [[GT22]].
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==Creed==

With a specialised gallery for photography (the [[Stolp Photogallery]]) and the very active [[Photoclub Maribor]] (operating since 1949), the festival was a logical next step for the Maribor photographic community.

Set up in order to promote contemporary approaches to photographic creativity, it aims to promote the work of local photographers as well as present those from abroad. It is thus allowing for the wider audience to better understand and know photographic art and craft, especially in light of the visually saturated everyday culture of today.

==Programme==

The festival presents photographers of different generations, perspectives and aesthetic preferences. It has exhibited works by prominent and upcoming photographers like Alexsander Petrosyan (RU), Miroslav Predojevič (RS), Raul Villalba (AR), Tatsuo Suzuki (JP), Salvatore Matarzzo (IT), [[Borut Krajnc]], [[Borut Peterlin]], and [[Bojan Golčar]]. The lectures range from those dealing with technical aspects to those that border travelogues. 

The festival collaborates with the Stenin Organisation from Russia and Photo Art Budapest, a gallery from Hungary.

== External links == 

* [http://www.festivalfotografijemaribor.si Festival of Photography Maribor website]  
* [http://www.fotoklub-maribor.com Fotoklub Maribor website]

== See also ==

* [[Photoclub Maribor]]
* [[Stolp Photogallery]]
* [[Photography Museum Maribor]]

[[Category:Festivals]]
[[Category:Visual arts festivals]]
[[Category:Photography]]
[[Category:Visual arts]]

[[Category:Updated 2017]]