Partizanki fotoreporter Vinko Bavec (1899-1969)
The Partisan Photojournalist Vinko Bavec (1899-1969)
Author(s): Dejan VončinaSubject(s): Cultural history, Photography, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Art
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: World War II; Slovenia; Notranjska; partisan photojournalist service; resistance photography;
Summary/Abstract: The partisan photojournalist Vinko Bavec (1899-1969) was a freethinking professional photographer and merchant from Brežice, after World War I a fighter for the northern Slovenian border. During World War II he joined the partisan movement as a photographer and actively documented the consequences of the burning of numerous Slovenian villages in the Notranjska region after the Italian offensive in 1942. With his camera he captured many events as well as portraits of partisans in the Notranjska and later in the Bela krajina region. In 1944 he was in charge of the purchase and delivery of photography equipment in the context of the Photography Section of the Slovenian National Liberation Council, and he also took care of the organisation of photojournalist service.
Journal: Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino (before 1960: Prispevki za zgodovino delavskega gibanja)
- Issue Year: 49/2009
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 207-222
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Slovenian