Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.58565/vda.3.1.3
Josip Žuvela’s photo collection
Tonko Barčot
; Državni arhiv u Dubrovniku, Arhivski sabirni centar Korčula - Lastovo, Žrnovo, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Josip Žuvela’s photo collection has been preserved since 2013 in the Korčula–Lastovo Archive Collection Centre. Its creator, Josip Žuvela (1932 – 2021), lived and worked in Vela Luka as an educator and social worker. He was a long-term administrator of the School of Students in Economy and Elementary School in Vela Luka, and a teacher as well. In technical education classes, he popularized the medium of photography among students. Among the 376 Leica format negatives and 43 positives, those with the tidal wave scenes in Vela Luka on 21 June 1978stand out in terms of content and visuals. Other photography series include waterpolo club Vela Luka (1978/1985), infrastructural changes in Vela Luka (making the road to the archaeological site Vela spila around 1977, construction of the ferry pier around 1979, one PE school lesson (swimming) around 1974, but also copies of older photos and postcards from Vela Luka’s past). When arranging this collection, the creator’s original order was mainly respected. Changes were made in several series where it was noted that the order of the negatives was mixed. Due to the importance of chronology, but also the internal structure and the rounding up of content sub-units, a new order of negatives was made. Although the entire collection is narrowly defined, spatially, chronologically, and thematically, Žuvela steps out of the local framework precisely with these photographs because of their uniqueness and importance in the study of similar meteorological phenomena. Žuvela’s collection is incoherent, devoid of artistic pretensions and includes only a few anthological photos, but it is also devoid of pretentiousness and is solely focused on shooting the moment. That is why the documentary aspect of his collection is even more pronounced and significant. Despite its flaws, the limited number of motifs/photos and the radius of lens movement, Žuvela’s collection is a valuable documentary testimony of an island town’s past.
Ključne riječi
Josip Žuvela, photography, Korčula–Lastovo Archive Collection Centre, Vela Luka, 1970s – 1980s
Hrčak ID:
293346
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Datum izdavanja:
24.2.2023.
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