Arne Hodalič: My Lights, My World

Focusing on some of the autobiography’s most interesting chapters, the narrated photo show includes numerous photographs, many of which as yet unseen. Rather than a classical book launch, Arne Hodalič’s event comes to life as a travelogue with photographs and storytelling, about adventures such as the eight-month sailing trip through South-East Asia, an encounter with pirates, and the visit to the mystical Kogi people during a total solar eclipse. 

Arne Hodalič’s Moje svetlobe features some of his most interesting exploits, adventures that have left a lasting impression on the photographer, accompanied by his personal writings. Moje svetlobe was published in collaboration with editors Tadeja L. Zupan and Ana von Pauer, designer Grega Inkret, and with the help of his partner Katja Bidovec, his travelling companion over the last decade, and co-author of the Moje svetlobe project.

 

1: The Ganges River, India
Arne's first trip to India in 1988, still as a classic traveller. 
Photo: Arne Hodalič 

2 and 5: Bazdur refugee camp, Algeria  
Socially critical and social stories make for a large part of Arne's photographic oeuvre. The story of the refugee camps of Western Sahara is one of his last. 
Photo: Arne Hodalič 

3: Gold rush in Papua New Guinea
An adventure story documenting the onset of a massive gold rush in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. 
Photo: Arne Hodalič 

4: Inca treasure looters, Ecuador
An illegal private collection of gold objects from looted Inca graves. 
Photo: Arne Hodalič 

6: Member of the Kara people, Ethiopia
A photographic project documenting disappearing cultures, developed in partnership with photographer Katja Bidovec. 
Photo: Arne Hodalič and Katja Bidovec

7: Island of Mljet, Croatia
16th-century Venetian shipwreck. Arne has documented the remarkable work of Croatian archaeologists who have spent several years investigating the wreckage.  
Photo: Arne Hodalič