Slovenia

WINTER WOOD  by  ALEKSANDER CUFAR

Aleksander Cufar

Aleksander Cufar EFIAP, PPSA, KMF FZS, MF FDG

Aleksander Cufar was born on May 3, 1962. He attended elementary school in Zelezniki and continued with his education at the medical college in Ljubljana. In 1984 Aleksander completed his training as a radiography engineer and found employment at the Medical Centre in Kranj. He is married and has four children.

Aleksander became interested in photography in 1990, when he became a member of Photo Cinema Club Janez Puhar in Kranj. Between 1997 – 1998 he was the president of Photo Club Anton Azbe in Skofja Loka. In 1999 he joined the Photo Club Grca from Kocevje, and in 2000 he became a member of the Photographic Society of America.

To date, Aleksander has received 270 awards in photographic exhibitions worldwide. Some of the more important are listed below

  • Gold Medal - Trierenberg Super Circuit 2005, Austria
  • DVF Gold Medal - Natur Mega Circuit 2004, Germany
  • Bronze Medal - 10. Austrian Super Circuit, Austria
  • Bronze Medal - 1. Image Super Circuit 2005, Austria
  • 1st. Prize - Projekt Natur & Fotografi 2001, Germany
  • PSA Best Slide of the Show - 9. Oconee Southern, USA
  • PSA Best Slide of the Show - Northstar Circuit 2002, USA
  • PSA Best Print of the Show - Norga Print Circuit 2005, USA
  • Special Prize - Natur Mega Circuit 2005, Germany
  • SDF Gold Medal - The Golden Circuit, Denmark
  • PSA Medal - Rome Southern 2002, USA
  • PSA Medal - 2001 Atlanta Southern, USA
  • PSA Medal - Wisconsin Circuit 2002, USA
  • PSA Medal - Wisconsin Circuit 2002, USA
  • Norga Medal - Norga Print Circuit 2002, USA
  • Norga Medal - Norga Print Circuit 2002, USA
  • Iipc Medal - India Print Circuit 2004, India
  • Silver Medal - 27. Eastcape, South Africa
  • 1st Prize - Vii. Memorial Maria Luisa, Spain
  • 1st Prize - 19. Competition of the Three Lands, Italy

Photographic Honors:1996 – photographic appellation AFIAP – artist;
1999 – photographic appellation EFIAP – excellence;
2000 – photographic appellation MF FDG – Master photography FD Grca;
- 2003 – photographic appellation EFIAP/b – excellence bronze;
2004 – photographic appellation KMF FZS – Candidate Master of Photography at the Slovenian Photographic Society;
2005 – photographic appellation PPSA – proficiency.

His main interest has always been nature - mountains, landscapes, animals and the macro world. He is always looking for colorful subjects, illuminated by a perfect light, so as to represent something special in nature. He isolates the subject and waits for the right hour of the day or the right time of the year to represent what he sees. He has been frequently surprised by nature in Slovenia, where he still finds something new and beautiful, which his photographs express in a unique way.



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