“Picture Slovenia” for new innovative ways of promotion

Picture Slovenia is an all-Slovenian project that is based on the idea of the innovative promotion of Slovenia with the help of photography, exhibitions, and numerous accompanying diplomatic and cultural events across Slovenia and abroad. The connecting platform of the project is the web site and the medium PictureSlovenia.com.

At the same time, Picture Slovenia is a movement through which, upon Slovenia’s 20th anniversary, musicians, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, diplomats, and politicians wish to contribute towards the positive message and the recognition of Slovenia in the world in an innovative way.

PictureSlovenia.com is a place where major photo competitions take place with the aim of presenting the beauty of Slovenian heritage, nature, people, and customs. So far, more than 160,000 people from 65 countries worldwide have been able to see photographs of Slovenia. On the occasion of Slovenia’s 20th birthday, which will be celebrated in 2011, a series of activities have begun at www.pictureslovenia.com, starting with the photo contest “Picture Slovenia: 20 Years”. The contest was conducted between October and the end of December, when the winners were announced; while in April 2011, a new series of contests will continue. This time, the topic of contests will focus on the environmental and green perspective of Slovenia. In June, more precisely on the 20th anniversary of Slovenia’s Independence, the public will see an international contest which will be prepared in cooperation with the Slovenian Tourist Board and other partners.

Renowned photographers, such as Arne Hodalič, Tomo Jeseničnik, and Borut Peterlin, who are the main jury members, and are, together with the Project Manager Primož Žižek, also the curators of the exhibitions − that will be shown in a number of countries around the world from May 2011 onwards − are the guarantee that Slovenian creativity will continue to promote Slovenia in an innovative and “local” way, in the form of photography. The list of locations where the exhibition is going to be shown will be published at the end of April.

To see the gallery, contests and other information, please visit www.pictureslovenia.com.

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