Tone Stojko, Theater photography in Paviljon NOB Gallery, Tržič

The Touring Exhibition Tone Stojko, Theatre Photography was first shown at the Maribor Theatre Festival in June 2024 at the SNT Maribor, then in October and November at the Slovenian Theatre Institute, in December at the Anton Podbevšek Theatre in Novo mesto, and in February and March this year at the Krško Cultural Centre. In collaboration with the Tržič Museum, it will be hosted in Tržič; we will open the exhibition at the Paviljon NOB Gallery (Predilniška cesta 12, Tržič) on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 6 p.m. It will be on display until November 6, 2025.

The exhibition accompanied the release of the e-book of the same name. Curator Tea Rogelj, MA selected from the photographic material published in the book the photographs taken between 1969 and 2016 . The exhibition was designed by Nina Šturm. Tone Stojko dedicated the book and exhibition to Dušan Jovanović, with whom he began his theatrical journey.

Tone Stojko (b. 1947) is undoubtedly one of the most important Slovenian (and formerly Yugoslav) photographers of the last half-century. Among others, he has taken portraits of Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono, concert photos of Tina Turner, and since 1996, he has been photographing all recipients of the Prešeren Award and the Prešeren Fund Award (he himself is among the latter).

Next to documentary and portrait photography, one of his core interests has always been theatre. His theatre oeuvre includes over 310 000 photos which all contain his recognisable artistic signature.